scrumpy
Britishnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of scrumpy
from scrump, variant of scrimp (in obsolete sense: withered), referring to the apples used
Example Sentences
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Another of my favorite cappers for a day in Bath is heading to a pub to have scrumpy — “hard hard cider.”
From Seattle Times
My wife, our grown daughter and I sipped hot scrumpy — spiced hard cider — and sampled everything from Welsh Caerphilly to the best Stilton.
From Seattle Times
The latter fits with a brief statement on their website, amid YouTube appearing to suggest that, when not making records, Hacker Farm have a sideline in making scrumpy.
From The Guardian
Over the past few years though, smuggled bottles of supermarket scrumpy have been surpassed by impressively stocked bars and a host of bespoke festival beverages.
From The Guardian
Duty rates will increase by 10% above inflation and it's going to have fans spluttering into their scrumpy.
From BBC
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