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Meanings of Rhine wine in английском

Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)

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Examples for "hock"
Examples for "hock"
1
John had gone to get more wine, a home-made hock this time.
Timescape
2
A very large tendon is attached to the summit of the hock.
Common Diseases of Farm Animals
3
I was getting some of that hock her ladyship brought from London.
Beyond the Reef
4
These are placed above the hock and retained by straps tightly fastened.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
5
Seaman took a long and ecstatic draught of his hock and seltzer.
The Great Impersonation
1
Thus the Centre Party is in the ascendant in the Rhenish Provinces.
Proportional Representation: A Study in Methods of Election
2
The letter bore the postmark of a city in the Rhenish Palatinate.
The Goose Man
3
The third prize was to be two tuns of good Rhenish wine.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
4
Both she and it reached the Rhenish spa by some circuitous route.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
5
To Whitehall, and thence to the Rhenish wine-house, where I met Mons.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 13: November/December 1661
Usage of Rhine wine in английском
1
A little light claret or Rhine wine may be allowed; nothing more.
The Golden Calf
2
His hungry men feasted on the Union's lobster salad and Rhine wine.
A. lincoln: a biography
3
They had rich meats with them, and Rhine wine of the best.
The Fall of the Nibelungs
4
Who would think that meant something sleek and pleasant, like Rhine wine?
The Chauffeur and the Chaperon
5
Two bottles of precious Rhine wine stood in the cool without the window.
The Indian Lily and Other Stories
6
It was fresh as Rhine wine, dry as the wine of the Hermitage.
Atlantida
7
He praised the Rhine wine highly, and thanked the Meisers for their hospitality.
The Man With The Broken Ear
8
He paused again and lifted high the great beaker of old Rhine wine.
Greifenstein
9
The butler filled his ruby goblet from a narrow bottle of Rhine wine.
The Happy End
10
The Rhine wine has a way of humming in one's head.
Jezebel's Daughter
11
There was some quite excellent Rhine wine, and I drank plenty of it.
The Man with the Clubfoot
12
What I like best is a companion and a bottle of Rhine wine.
The Double Traitor
13
There were also eight or ten bottles-schnapps, cognac, Rhine wine-and cigars.
The forgotten soldier
14
The Rhine wine is dear in this country, and costs four francs a bottle.
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches
15
I called the Rhine wine poison, because of its strength.
Berlin and Sans-Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends
16
Grisell hastened to help him, Clemence to fetch a cup of cooling Rhine wine.
Grisly Grisell; Or, The Laidly Lady of Whitburn: A Tale of the W...