geropigan.
/dʒɛrəʊˈpiːɡə/ A mixture of grape-juice, brandy, sugar, and red colouring-matter, manufactured in Portugal, and used in the adulteration of port-wine.
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1852 Min. Evid. Import Duties on Wines, Sel. Comm. Ho. Comm. 16 Jeropiga, of first-rate quality, is composed of two-thirds must or grape juice and one-third spirit.
1858 I. S. Homans & I. S. Homans Cycl. Commerce & Commerc. Navigation 814/2 Geropiga or Jerupiga.
1864 Daily Tel. 14 Sept. It gets..copper in its pickles, and geropiga in its port wine.
1877 R. D. Blackmore Cripps (1887) 58 The common-room cellars which cannot have too much geropiga.
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