the second best wine in Italy, was so called by the ancient Romans because it was made of grapes from Falernus. There were three sorts—the rough, the sweet, and the dry.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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