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brandywine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɹændiwaɪn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch brandewijn. Doublet of brännvin.

Meanings

1. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Brandy.
   • Running round the woodlump if you chance to find Little barrels, roped and tarred, all full of brandy-wine, Don't you shout to come and look, nor use 'em for your play. Put the brishwood back again—and they'll be gone next day! 1906, Rudyard Kipling, A Smuggler's Song:
   • Socks dipt in Brandy-wine, and worn, are preventive. 1676, Richard Wiseman, “Of Tumours: Of Pernio”, in Eight Chirurgical Treatises, Book I, Ch. XIII:

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