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Definition of Geropiga
1. a port substitute [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geropiga
Literary usage of Geropiga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Laws of the Customs: Consolidated by Direction of the Lords by Great Britain, Felix John Hamel, Great Britain Treasury (1854)
"(2) By TO 28th June, 1853, wines in bond may be fortified bj the admixture of
geropiga in the same proportions as to strength and \mder the same regulations ..."
2. The Medical Times and Gazette (1867)
"Very consolatory this to the people who had previously bought wine in the faith
that port is not port without spirit and geropiga. ..."
3. The British Tariff for ...: Contains Amended Tables of the Duties Payable on by Edwin Beedell (1858)
"geropiga, the produce of Portugal containing above 33 per cent, of proof spirit
may be used for fortifying in bond, wines of that country only, ..."
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