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unˈsweetened, ppl. a. (n.)
[un-1 8.]
Not sweetened.
[1775Ash.] 1817Peacock Melincourt I. 53 Sir Telegraph poured some cream into his unsweetened tea. 1844Mrs. Browning Dead Rose ii, The breeze..,—If breathing now,—unsweetened would forgo thee. 1880Act 43 & 44 Vict. c. 24 §123 Unsweetened foreign spirits.
b. ellipt. as n., unsweetened gin. ? Obs.
1886Green & Hall Jack in Box (Brit. Libr. MS. LCP 53369 Q) f. 37, And if to hint sir, I might be so bold. Jack. Unsweetened with a little water cold. 1890Barrère & Leland Dict. Slang II. 390/1 Those who are partial to the unsweetened or ‘Old Tom’.—Bird o' Freedom. 1910Wodehouse Psmith in City xii. 100 The messengers were..endeavouring to restore their nerve with about sixpenn'orth of the beverage known as ‘unsweetened’. |