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单词 cockburn
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Cockburnn.

Brit. /ˈkəʊb(ə)n/, /ˈkəʊbəːn/, U.S. /ˈkɑkˌbərn/
Etymology: < Cockburn, the name of a firm of (originally Scottish) wine merchants, which established a branch in Porto in 1815, and became a leading producer and shipper of port.
Port produced or shipped by the firm of Cockburn's; a bottle or variety of port of this type. Also (and in earliest use) in the genitive, used absol. Frequently with the year of vintage specified.In form Cockburn's, a proprietary name in the United Kingdom and United States.
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1859 Athenæum 9 Apr. 472/1 Several Bins of Cockburn's, Silva's, &c., in all from 600 to 700 doz.
1881 Manch. Weekly Times 25 June (Suppl.) 2/3 Before many glasses of Cockburn had been drunk, Lord Cosford was singing the praises of young Challoner.
1920 G. Saintsbury Notes on Cellar-bk. iii. 38 The best rich that I ever had was..a Cockburn of '81.
1922 W. J. Locke Tale of Triona xx. 295 There should still be a dozen or two of Cockburn's '70 in the cellar at the present moment—unless Major Olifant has drunk it all.
1964 N. Freeling Double-barrel iii. vi. 105 A cut-glass decanter..designed to make the grocer's port taste like the Cockburn twenty-seven.
2010 S. Rushin Pint Man (2011) i. 2 A bottle of Cockburn's was shelved next to a bottle of Dry Sack.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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