gingeredadj.
/ˈdʒɪn(d)ʒəd/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪndʒərd/ 1. That contains or is flavoured with ginger.
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1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. I.3v Doo not their spirits and sences become heuie & dul by reason of..impure vapors which rise vp in their gingered brests & spiced stomacks?
1792 T. Beddoes Hist. Isaac Jenkins 13 The two children..soon got better, thanks to Mr. Langford's medicines and Mrs. Pritchard's gingered ale!
1853 P. Church Mapleton ix. 114 He believed a mug of hot gingered cider would do him good.
1854 S. Lee Trees, Plants, & Flowers 327 A nurse..awoke us out of a delicious sleep, to swallow the gingered mess.
1928 Queensland Agric. Jrnl. 29 330 The gingered puree is excellent for tart fillings.
1992 Grapevine 25 Mar. 19/2 Spring cooking should be flexible enough to include..gingered chicken wings that better fit the general lightness of being.
2002 Horticulture July 22/3 Sugared, gingered tomatoes in a delicate pastry.
2. Of a horse: that has had an irritant such as ginger introduced into the anus to make it move in a lively manner, with the tail held high, thus appearing youthful and spirited.
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1858 Titan Mar. 280/2 The hold woman rushes across the floor like a gingered 'os, gennelmen.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 6 Aug. 3/3 The suffering of the poor gingered screws [sc. horses] who go blindfold to their fate.
1913 Meyer Brothers Druggist Aug. 230/2 A gingered horse caused the arrest of two men in London. They had administered ginger and oak sicum to give the horse the appearance of being young and full of life.
1942 W. A. Dorrance Sundowners vi. 289 With his hind legs thrust back and his tail up, like a gingered horse before the judges.
2011 A. C. Anderson Thoughts of Older Man 1 She was so young and beautiful with golden hair Which she kept in a pony-tail like a gingered mare.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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