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"beeswing" Definition

  1. the film which forms on the sides of bottles which contain good old port wine. This breaks up into small pieces in the process of decanting, and looks like BEES’ WINGS. Hence the term.

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Position in the dictionary: 141 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: beetle-crusher, beetle-sticker, beggars’ velvet, belcher, bell, bellows, bellows to mend, bellowsed, belly-timber, belly-vengeance
Previous words in the dictionary: beeswax, beery, beeline, beefy, beef-headed, bee, bed-post, bed-fagot, bebee, beaver

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