metheglin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of metheglin
1525–35; < Welsh meddyglyn, equivalent to meddyg healing (< Latin medicus; see medical) + llyn liquor
Example Sentences
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She might have left while I was sitting at the bar, drinking in metheglin and praise.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
That is all I have to say of metheglin.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
But after it was transferred to wooden "flackets" in Boston, these Friendship merrymakers contrived to "drinke it up under the name leackage" till but six gallons of the metheglin arrived at Plymouth.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse
Because if you don't she will compel you to partake of metheglin and unleavened bread, which means sudden death.
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess
In Virginia, whole plantations of honey locust were set out to supply metheglin.
From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Earle, Alice Morse
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