Hence the proverb […] "to reduce one whose meal is a winesop to a dry crust."

Beatriz, for all her seeming frailty, had borne the long strain better, and presently came, offering winesops, the recognised restorative; small pieces of fine white bread soaked in wine.

His wife gave her a winesop to eat and after, undressing her, put her to bed; and they contrived that night to have her and her maid carried to Florence.

Winesops
1 cup butter
1 1.2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
1 cup molasses
[…]
1 cup currants

"I'm going to give you Mr. Whish — or the winesop that remains of him," continued Attwater.

[…] "we're being maneuvered into providing a gala State funeral for that reprobate winesop."

Aye, he was good at skulking around and acting like a winesop or an idiot.

Winesop

Meaning

Noun