Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Wine drawn from the cask, as distinguished from bottled wine.
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Examples
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I think I shall drink in pipe-wine first with him; Ill make him dance.
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_Ford. _ [_aside_] I think, I shall drink in _pipe-wine_ first with him; I'll make him _dance_.
Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900
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III. ii.90 (257,2) [I think, I shall drink in pipe-wine first with him] [Tyrwhitt: horn-pipe wine] _Pipe_ is known to be a vessel of wine, now containing two hogsheads.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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[Aside] I think I shall drink in pipe-wine first with him.
The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare 1590
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_ [_Aside_] I think I shall drink in pipe-wine first with him; I’ll make him dance.
The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] William Shakespeare 1590
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