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What is a syllabub?

What is a syllabub? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A drink dating back to the 16th century consisting primarily of milk curdled with an alcoholic beverage or some acid such as lemon juice, which is usually then sweetened and spiced. [from 16th c.]
  2. Also everlasting syllabub or solid syllabub: a dessert pudding derived from the drink. [from 16th c.]
  3. (figuratively) Something lacking substance; something frothy, insubstantial, or lightweight.
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No one the shape of the gunner's wife could make frumenty, or spotted dog, or syllabub, and he did not wish to have anything to do with her.
For a change, stick thin slips of blanched almonds all over the blanc mange, and dress round with syllabub, nicely frothed.
Pile the syllabub in the middle of the pavlova, spreading it out to the edges, then spoon the cherry compote on top.
To make the syllabub, combine the sugar, lemon juice, brandy and sloe gin in a large bowl and whisk for about a minute to dissolve the sugar.
Dishes such as syllabub and one of my favourites, Eton mess, are making a comeback.
They had two soup-tureens full of syllabub, plum cake, and pine-apple puffs.

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