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Definition of Ciderkin
1. n. A kind of weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water.
Definition of Ciderkin
1. Noun. A weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ciderkin
1. a type of weak cider [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ciderkin
Literary usage of Ciderkin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All Around the Wrekin by Walter White (1860)
"... Touch of Byzantine—The Ducking-Stool—The Chalice—The Effigy with the
Hatchet—Fertility—Herefordshire Weeds—Cider and ciderkin— Battlefield of Mortimer's ..."
2. A Modern System of Domestic Cookery: Arranged on the Most Economical Plan by M. Radcliffe (1823)
"ciderkin, Perkin, Purre, or Water Cider. These various names are, in different
parts of the country, given to an inferior kind of liquor, made by macerating ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1893)
"Penny (or Perry) moucher. A corruption of Berry- in01 teller, qv Perkins. The same
as ciderkin.—NW Perk up. To get better, to brighten up. ..."
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