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Published 2006
The earliest firm reference in English occurs in Thomas D’Urfey’s play Madam Fickle; or, The Witty False One in 1676: ‘Here’s a glass of excellent old Hock.’ The Oxford English Dictionary gives a first reference in 1625 in John Fletcher’s play The Chances, but this depends on a corrupt reading of hock for hollock, a light red wine. However, it is likely that the term was already current in England by the 17th century, for its use is closely linked to the growth in popularity of Rhenish and Main wines, which began to supplant the wines of alsace in export markets after 1500 (see german history).
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