posset
a drink made of hot milk curdled with ale, wine, or the like, often sweetened and spiced.
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How to use posset in a sentence
If she was running short on time, she would make posset because she always had cream hanging around.
Make a Delicious Summery Spin on Custard This Weekend | Anna Archibald | July 30, 2021 | The Daily BeastI went to bed with a posset, being very melancholy in consideration of the loss of my hearing.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel Pepys“Never saw I such a brat among all I have brought into the world,” old posset quavered.
A Lady of Quality | Frances Hodgson BurnettHer head ached, she said, but she declined the hot posset, and only asked to be left quiet.
A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) | Frances Eleanor TrollopeEt generaliter ad omnia facienda que ipse constituens posset facere si adesset.
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study | Edward Hutton
Says she, 'Did you drink any sleepy posset either of these evenings before you went to bed?' '
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British Dictionary definitions for posset
/ (ˈpɒsɪt) /
a drink of hot milk curdled with ale, beer, etc, flavoured with spices, formerly used as a remedy for colds
Origin of posset
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