shrabn.
/ʃrɔːb/, U.S. /ʃrɔb/, /ʃrɑb/, Indian English /ʃəˈraːb/ Anglo-Indian.
Wine, spirits, or a drink prepared with them.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > [noun]
wine805
juicea1387
shrab1477
Bacchus1508
the spirit (also sprite) of the buttery1530
Lyaeus1602
vintage1604
Septembral juice (or liquor)1609
grape1636
cellar physic1697
rosy1840
pluck1904
pinard1917
vino1919
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun]
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spicket1615
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booze1859
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lotion1864
shrab1867
nose paint1880
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shicker1900
jollop1920
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rookus juice1929
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sauce1940
turps1945
grog1946
joy juice1960
1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 27v He that seketh the delices of this worlde is like vnto him that seketh to drink zarab wenyng it were water.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 6 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors To treat his friends with Schiras Sharab.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 175 A Bottle of Scherab or Persian Wine.]
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Shrab, a vile drugged drink prepared for seamen who frequent the filthy purlieus of Calcutta.
1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson at Sherbet Port-shraub, Sherry-shraub, Lall-shraub, Brandy-shraub, Beer-shraub.
1888 Nature 19 July 269 I take brandy shrab, and get drunk like you.
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