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‖ geropiga|dʒɛrəʊˈpiːgə|
Also jerupiga and (in Dicts.) gero-, jerupigia.
[a. Pg. geropiga = hierapicra.]
A mixture of grape-juice, brandy, sugar, and red colouring-matter, manufactured in Portugal, and used in the adulteration of port-wine.
1858Homans Cycl. Comm. 814/2 Geropiga or Jerupiga. 1864Daily Tel. 14 Sept., It gets..copper in its pickles, and geropiga in its port wine. 1877Blackmore Cripps (1887) 58 The common-room cellars which cannot have too much geropiga. |