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‖ Maitrank|ˈmaɪtraŋk|
[G., f. Mai May + trank drink, beverage.]
= May-drink (May n.3 5 a).
1858Geo. Eliot Jrnl. in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1885) II. viii. 41 Delicious Mai-trank, made by putting the fresh Waldmeister—a cruciferous plant with a small white flower..into mild wine, together with sugar. 1897G. du Maurier Martian 273 You might sit for sixpence in a pretty garden and drink coffee, beer, or Maitrank. 1899G. Jekyll Wood & Garden vi. 60 The pretty little Woodruff..revives memories..of Maitrank, that best of the ‘cup’ tribe of pleasant drinks, whose flavour is borrowed from its flowering tips. |