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sack

The name used in the sixteenth century during the reign of Elizabeth I for SHERRY or other FORTIFIED WINES from MÁLAGA or the Canary Islands. Such wines were known as Málaga Sack and Canary Sack. The word comes from the Spanish sacar, meaning "to take out" or "to export."
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