Lisbonn.
/ˈlɪzbən/, U.S. /ˈlɪzbən/ a. A white wine produced in the province of Estremadura in Portugal and imported from Lisbon; also Lisbon wine.
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1767 H. Kelly Babler No. 41 I. 173 A Vintner who owed me a hundred pounds for some Lisbons (for you must know I am a wine-merchant).
1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper ii. 34 Put to it a Glass of Lisbon Wine.
1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Lisbon. 1. A kind of white wine. 2. A kind of soft sugar.
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1767 H. Glasse Art of Cookery (new ed.) App. 368 Take one pound of the best Lisbon sugar.
1784 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children 239 A spoonful or two of water-gruel, with a little Lisbon sugar, may be given for this purpose.
c. A kind of lemon.
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1897 B. Harraden Hilda Strafford 133 Robert went to a lemon-nursery and bought 500 Lisbons, budded on the sour root.
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d. Lisbon cut n. a kind of brilliant cut, the same as ‘double brilliant’ (1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 384/2).
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