ginger wine

British  

noun

1. an alcoholic drink made from fermented bruised ginger, sugar, and water

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Example Sentences

He was shown into the blue-and-white room, and there, after business had been transacted, very nervously on Miss Ailie's part, she offered him his choice between ginger wine and what she falteringly called wh-wh-whiskey.

From Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

The Scottish housekeeper, Mrs. Wallace, was also a devoted friend and a great dispenser of cakes, ices, and home-made cowslip and ginger wine.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh

Ginger wine may be made in precisely the same manner, only, with the 9-gallon cask for ginger wine, 2 lbs. of the best whole ginger, 'bruised', must be put with the sugar.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

“No rum, gentlemen?” said Silas; “well, you do astonish me; but you’ll taste my wife’s green ginger wine, and drink her health?”

From Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" by Stables, Gordon

We played desert islands all the afternoon and drank Uncle's health in ginger wine.

From The Story of the Treasure Seekers by Nesbit, E. (Edith)