Citations:syllabub

English citations of syllabub

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.
2. Also everlasting syllabub or solid syllabub: a dessert pudding derived from the drink.
   • 1957 November, Agatha Christie, 4.50 from Paddington, London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, →OCLC:

     Mushroom soup. Curried chicken and rice. Syllabubs. A savoury of chicken livers and bacon.

3. (figuratively) Something lacking substance; frothy, insubstantial, lightweight.