scrumpy
/ˈskrʌmpi
/noun [mass noun] British
Rough strong cider, especially as made in the West Country of England.You might land in Alloa just as the Real Ale Festival kicks off and be faced with over 40 real ales plus scrumpy and wine, the perfect antidote to a hard day's walking....
- They are shy, mostly, though you'd not think so on a scrumpy [rough apple cider] night when things can get rather lively and rumbustious.
- I risked a pint of Old Rosie, scrumpy cider twice the strength of normal beer!
Origin
Early 20th century: from dialect scrump 'withered apple'.
Rhymes
- moveless
- movelessness
- move-man
- movement
- movement area
- movement cure
- movement detector
- movement order
- movement permit
- movement response
- movement restriction
- movement sensation
- movement time
- move mountains
- move on (or move someone on)
- move over (or aside)
- mover
- mover and shaker
- move the goalpost
- move the goalposts
- move up a gear
- move with the times
- movida
- movie
- movie brat