puttony

Meaning

Noun

  • A wooden or wickerwork basket used, in Hungary, to carry grapes in a vineyard
  • A measure of such an amount of dried grapes added to the ferment in making tokay wine and hence a measure of its sweetness

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Origin

  • Borrowed from Hungarian puttony.

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