scrumpy dial. or colloq.
(ˈskrʌmpɪ)
[f. scrump n. + -y6.]
Rough cider, made from small or unselected apples. Also attrib. in scrumpy cider.
| 1904 in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v., These apples are of no good but to make scrumpy of. 1932 [see nobble v. 3]. 1962 G. Compton Too Many Murderers xii. 87 Scrumpy was only eightpence a pint. 1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon viii. 114 A brisk five-minute walk took you to the Coronation Tap, where you could down a pint of scrumpy cider and eat home-made pies. 1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Mar. 242/4 Another [pub] sold evil-smelling ‘scrumpy’, producing its own extensive Saturday-night network of vomit. |