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Ovaltine|ˈəʊvəltiːn|
Also with small initial.
[Prob. a fanciful extension of oval a.1 3.]
The proprietary name of a powder composed principally of malt extract, milk, and eggs; a drink made from this.
1906Trade Marks Jrnl. 13 June 820 Ovaltine... Alimentary products..Albert Wander,..Berne, Switzerland; manufacturer of alimentary products. 1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 516/2 Ovaltine—tin, 1/4½. 1912R. Brooke Let. 26 Jan. (1968) 354 These things go on round,..Mrs Digby on India, and Mrs Fox at Bridge, and Ovaltine. 1930J. Cannan No Walls of Jasper 64 The parlourmaid..set down a cup of Ovaltine on the corner of the writing table. 1937J. Betjeman Continual Dew 22 He gives his Ovaltine a stir And nibbles at a ‘petit beurre’. 1940F. Stark Winter in Arabia xv. 290 Qasim woke me with hot ovaltine at one-thirty. 1960S. Plath Colossus 58 You fed My brother and me cookies and ovaltine. 1969Trade Marks Jrnl. 19 Feb. 306/2 Ovaltine... Food preparations (not medicated) in powder or tablet form composed principally of malt, milk and eggs, the malt predominating; and rusks. A. Wander, Limited,..London,..manufacturing chemists. Ibid. 29 Oct. 1802/2 Ovaltine... Preparations of milk, malt and eggs, flavoured with cocoa, the malt predominating, for use in making food beverages; biscuits (other than biscuits for animals), cakes, rusks, chocolate and non-medicated confectionery. A. Wander, Limited,..London,..manufacturing chemists. 1973‘P. Loraine’ Voices in Empty Room ii. iv. 115 Lulu Jenkins..lay slumped up on the pillows of her large bed, sipping Ovaltine. |