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Harrogate|ˈhærəʊgeɪt|
Name of a borough in the West Riding of Yorkshire (now in N. Yorkshire) used attrib. to designate (a) a medicinal water originating in Harrogate, (b) the proprietary name of a kind of toffee.
1771Smollett Humph. Cl. I. 229 Harrigate-water, so celebrated for its efficacy in the scurvy..is supplied from a copious spring. 1867Bloxam Chem. 45 The Harrowgate water is eminently sulphureous. Ibid. 654/1 (index) Harrogate water. 1890in A. Davis Package & Print (1967) 64 (Advt.), Farrah's Original Harrogate Toffee. 1910Trade Marks Jrnl. 28 Dec. 2069 Farrah's Harrogate Toffee... John Farrah, Limited..Harrogate; Toffee Manufacturers. 1931W. Holtby Poor Caroline vii. 278 Eleanor came..bringing..the caramels and Harrogate toffee that Caroline loved. 1938Harrogate Spa Med. Jrnl. Apr. 17 All the Harrogate waters are chemically unstable in contact with oxygen, indicating a measure of activity not common to most mineral springs. 1967H. Johnson in C. Ray Compleat Imbiber IX. 141 Harrogate water is bottled to this day. 1967E. S. Turner Taking Cure iii. 40 Knaresborough..was to become eclipsed in reputation by the near-by ‘stinking’ wells, the source of ‘Harrogate water’. |