muscadel
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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He is a catchpole's morning's draught, for the news that such a gallant has come yesternight to town, draws out of him both muscadel and money too.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
There also are Elinor, Joan and Margery, Margaret, Alice and Cecily, merry gossips, their hearts well cherished with muscadel.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
The exports were woollen goods, calf-skins, &c.; and the imports were silks, camblets, rhubarb, malmsey, muscadel, and other wines: oils, cotton wool, Turkey carpets, galls, and Indian spices.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by Stevenson, William
And for dinner was corned beef and carrots, and for drink sherris-sack and muscadel.
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Holt, Emily Sarah
Wreaths of Heliochrise Gleamed still in that great tribe of Benjamin, Burned still across the malmsey and muscadel.
From Collected Poems Volume Two by Noyes, Alfred
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