sack-whey

noun

An alcoholic drink of sherry with whey (weak milk) and sugar.

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Meanings

nounsack-whey (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn alcoholic drink of sherry with whey (weak milk) and sugar.

    "Won't you allow him sack-whey?" said the landlady.—"Ay, ay, sack-whey," cries the doctor, "if you will, provided it be very small."

    1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book XIII

Origin

From sack (“sherry”) + whey.

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sack-whey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sack-whey

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“sack-whey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sack-whey. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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