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winesops

winesops is the plural of winesop.

Meaning of winesop

Noun

winesop (plural winesops)

  1. 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
  2. (broadly, derogatory, figuratively) 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
    Synonyms:
    alcoholic

Questions about winesops

What is winesops the plural of?
Winesops is the plural of winesop.

Words near winesops in the dictionary

  1. wineshop
  2. wineshops
  3. wineskin
  4. wineskins
  5. winesop
  6. winesops
  7. winespeak
  8. winetaster
  9. winetasters
  10. winetasting
  11. winetastings

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