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wassail

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verb

as in to drink
to take part in drunken revelry the knights feasted and wassailed for three days after the battlefield victory

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Noun
Each glass of this nonalcoholic wassail is garnished with an apple slice and cinnamon stick. Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2023 Enjoy Harvest Cider, special wassail cocktails, live music, costume contest and the Blessing of the Trees. Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 14 Jan. 2024 Get The Recipe 50 of 50 Williams Family Wassail One of the most traditional holiday drinks of them all, wintertime wassail gets a contemporary update in this flavorful drink recipe. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 Nov. 2023 One variation involves people traveling door-to-door singing traditional songs and spreading good wishes while carrying a bowl of wassail. Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2023 Reception from 5-8 p.m. (360 K St.; see Facebook event) Anchorage Distillery — Paintings and prints by Laura Dewey with a limited special edition cocktail menu, including whiskey wassail. Anchorage Daily News, 4 Nov. 2021 By the era of Downton Abbey, the practice of drinking wassail had moved to Christmas and the roasted apples served only as flavoring and decoration. The Official Downton Abbey Christmas Cookbook, Town & Country, 4 Nov. 2020 Below are 21 recipes (from some of America’s finest bartenders) to try this season—from a delicious wassail that packs a punch to a rum-forward coffee drink reminiscent of Irish coffee, and beyond. Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023 Each performance is followed by Trinity’s traditional Wassail Party (included in ticket price), where guests can talk with the performers while enjoying holiday treats and hot wassail. oregonlive, 14 Dec. 2022
Verb
This drink was often used as part of wassailing in England. Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2023 Reisinger's Apple Country, located in Watkins Glen on Seneca Lake, also has a wassailing event on the horizon. Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Jan. 2018 There was toasting and wassailing all around And cinnamon sticks in yule logs were wrapped and bound. Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 26 Oct. 2017

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