winesop
/ˈwaɪnˌsɒp/
winesop noun: a piece of bread soaked in wine; a small cake made with grapes or wine.
Noun
winesop (plural winesops)
- A piece of bread soaked in wine; a small cake made with grapes or wine.
- Hence the proverb […] "to reduce one whose meal is a winesop to a dry crust."1877, Saturday review of politics, literature, science and art, volume 43, page 649
- Beatriz, for all her seeming frailty, had borne the long strain better, and presently came, offering winesops, the recognised restorative; small pieces of fine white bread soaked in wine.1974, Norah Lofts, Crown of aloes
- A drunkard, a wino.
- "I'm going to give you Mr. Whish — or the winesop that remains of him," continued Attwater.1913, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, The ebb-tide: A trio and a quartette, page 214
- […] "we're being maneuvered into providing a gala State funeral for that reprobate winesop."2000, Stephen Lawhead, Avalon: The Return of King Arthur, page 61
- Synonyms:
- alcoholic
Examples of winesop in a sentence
- His wife gave her a winesop to eat and after, undressing her, put her to bed; and they contrived that night to have her and her maid carried to Florence.circa 1982, John Payne, Decameron (translated from Giovanni Boccaccio's Italian)
- "Aye, he was good at skulking around and acting like a winesop or an idiot."2003, Sagas of Conan, page 293:
Synonyms of winesop
Forms of winesop
| plural | winesops |
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Origin of winesop
From Middle English wyne soppe, wynesoppe; equivalent to wine + sop.
Questions about winesop
- What does winesop mean?
- Winesop means a piece of bread soaked in wine; a small cake made with grapes or wine.
- How do you use winesop in a sentence?
- His wife gave her a winesop to eat and after, undressing her, put her to bed; and they contrived that night to have her and her maid carried to Florence.
- What part of speech is winesop?
- Winesop is a noun.
- How do you pronounce winesop?
- Winesop is pronounced /ˈwaɪnˌsɒp/.
- What is the plural of winesop?
- The plural of winesop is winesops.
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