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syl⋅la⋅bub

  [sil-uh-buhb]
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–noun
1. a drink of milk or cream sweetened, flavored, and mixed with wine or cider.
2. a dessert of beaten cream that is thickened with gelatin, sweetened, and flavored with wine or liquor.
3. a glass or punch cup in which syllabub is served.
Origin:
1530–40; earlier sollybubbe, sillabub, of obscure orig.
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syl·la·bub also sil·la·bub   (sĭl'ə-bŭb')   
n.  

  1. A drink made of sweetened milk or cream curdled with wine or spirits.

  2. A cold dessert made with sweetened cream thickened with gelatin and beaten with wine, spirits, or fruit juice.


[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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