Ciderkin

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A beverage that resembles cider is made from the remnants left after pressing apples for juice
2. It describes a drink similar to cider, crafted from the remains of pressed apples
3. A type of drink similar to cider, produced from the residual mash of apples after their juice has been extracted

Etymology: Ciderkin is cider's diminutive: the word is simply "cider" with the English suffix "-kin," which turns a noun into a little or lesser version of it, as in "lambkin" or "manikin." The name describes a drink made not from fresh juice but from what is left behind. Samuel Johnson's dictionary labels the word a "low word," and he describes how it was made: the "murk or gross matter of apples," the pulpy residue remaining after the cider was pressed out, was steeped with boiled water added, the whole mixture left to infuse for about forty-eight hours. The result was a thin, weak drink, a second-pressing beverage for households that could not afford full-strength cider. Its name tells you its rank in the order of things, a smaller cider made from the leftovers of the bigger one.