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hockamore
† hockamore Obs. (ˈhɒkəmɔə(r)) Also 7 hoccamore. [Anglicized form of Hochheimer, from Hochheim on the Main.] = hock n.41673 Shadwell Epsom Wells iii. 40 (Stanf.), I am very well, and drink much Hockamore. 1747 Gentl. Mag. 28 Suppose, by keeping cyder-royal too long, it should become unpleasant, and ...
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Hock (wine)
The word hock is short for the obsolete word hockamore, an alteration of "Hochheimer", derived from the name of the town of Hochheim am Main in Germany
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hoccamore
▪ I. hoc, hock, n. Obs. exc. Hist. (hɒk) [a. F. hoc (1642 in Hatz.-Darm.), app. ad. L. hoc ‘this’. (Not the same as It. oca, F. hoca.)] Name of an old card game, ‘in which certain privileged cards give to the person who plays them the right of attributing to them whatever value he wishes’ (Hatzfeld)...
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Hochheim am Main
Hochheim am Main (; Old English: Hockamore) is a town in the Main-Taunus district of the German state of Hesse.
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hock
▪ I. † hock, n.1 (hɒk) [OE. hoc: of unknown origin. (The pl. hockes has been adopted in Welsh as hocys, hocos.)] A general name for various malvaceous plants, esp. the Common and Marsh Mallow and the Hollyhock. Obs. (exc. in hollyhock).c 725 Corpus Gloss. 1288 Malva, hocc, cottuc, vel ᵹearwan leaf. ...
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