Madame Bishop

English

Etymology

Named after Anna Bishop, wife of Henry Bishop, composer of the song Home! Sweet Home!,[1] or possibly after a publican of the same surname.[2]

Pronunciation
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Noun

Madame Bishop

  1. (Australia, slang, obsolete) A drink comprising port, sugar and nutmeg.

References
  1. “Madame Bishop”, entry in 1970, Bill Wannan, Australian Folklore, Lansdowne Press, reprint 1979 →ISBN, page 359.
  2. “Madame Bishop”, entry in 1973, Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang, page 560.
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