or simkin, subs. (Anglo-Indian).—1. Champagne. [A native pronunciation.]
1859. J. W. PALMER, The New and the Old, 283. A basket of SIMPKIN, which is as though one should say Champagne, behind [the chariot].
1886. G. A. SALA [Illustrated London News, 24 July, 90]. There is a good deal of SIMPKIN or champagne consumed in the three Presidencies.
2. (theatrical).—The fool in comic ballets.
See SIMPLE.
