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‖ schiedam|skiːˈdæm| Also schiedamm, sk(i)edam. A variety of gin, so called from the town in Holland where it is distilled.
1821Scott Pirate xvii, There was the potent Irish Usquebaugh—right Nantz—genuine Schiedamm. 1831E. J. Trelawny Adv. Younger Son I. 291 A dusty-looking stone bottle of the right bamboo-coloured skedam. Ibid. II. 35 To take a glass of skiedam. 1833Hood To Adm. Gambier vi, Consider, too—before all Eau-de-vie, Schiedam or other drinkers, you rebut. 1891Kipling Light that Failed xv, A bottle of peculiarly strong Schiedam. Comb.1834Tait's Mag. I. 542/1 Schiedam-punch. |