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scrumpy [ˈskrʌmpɪ]

n

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) a rough dry cider, brewed esp in the West Country

[from scrump, variant of scrimp (in obsolete sense: withered), referring to the apples used]

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Noun

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scrumpy - strong cider (as made in western England) cider, cyder - a beverage made from juice pressed from apples Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

Translations

scrumpy [ˈskrʌmpɪ] N (Brit) → sidra f muy seca

scrumpy [ˈskrʌmpi] n (British) (= cider) → cidre m

scrumpy

n (Brit) → ˜ Most m (S Ger, Aus, Sw), starker Cider aus Südwestengland