† pomperkin, pompirkin Obs.
Also 8 pome-pirk.
[Origin uncertain: ? f. pome or pomepear.]
A ‘small drink’ made from refuse pomace and water; ciderkin.
| 1637 J. Taylor (Water P.) Drinke & Welcome A iij b, The sixt sort of Brittish drinkes is Pomperkin..being nothing but the Apples bruised and beaten to mash, with water put to them. 1744–50 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandm. IV. iv. 15 The Produce of Large Quantities of Cyder, and what we call Pompirkin, or Cyderkin. Ibid. V. i. 101 Pome-pirk, which they generally prefer to any of the best small Beer. |