Hungary water
Noun
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Noun
Hungary water
- (historical) One of various early modern perfumes and elixirs made of rosemary infused in various alcohols.
- 1697, John Vanbrugh, The Provok'd Wife, Act V, l. 77:
- ...Your Bottle of Hungry Water to your Lady...
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, pp. 9–10:
- Certain unscrupulous men may call upon you here in your dressing-room. They will lavish you with flowers, with compliments, with phials of Hungary water and methuselahs of the costliest champagne. You must be wary of such men, my hearts, they are not to be trusted.
- 1697, John Vanbrugh, The Provok'd Wife, Act V, l. 77:
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