hockamore

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noun

A Rhenish white wine.

OriginGerman Hochheimer →
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Meanings

nounhockamore (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableA Rhenish white wine.

    Restor'd the fainting high and mighty / With brandy-wine and aqua-vitae; / And made 'em stoutly overcome / With bachrach, hockamore, and mum;

    c. 1660–1680, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part III, canto III

Origin

  1. GermanHochheimer“from Hochheim”
  2. Englishhockamore

From German Hochheimer (“from Hochheim”), a Hobson-Jobson from the name of the German town of Hochheim am Main.

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APA

hockamore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hockamore

MLA

“hockamore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hockamore. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hockamore,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hockamore.

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