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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That is all I have to say of metheglin.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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
Good store of sack had been found there too, with claret, metheglin, and other dainty drinks.
From No Quarter! by Mayne Reid
The "good dame," I suppose, was Mrs. Parlin; and she gave them to drink, it is true, but nothing stronger than metheglin, or egg nog, or flip.
From Little Grandfather by Sophie May
In Virginia whole plantations of the honey-locust furnished locust beans for making metheglin.
From Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle
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