Champagne
[ʃæm'peɪn] or [ʃæm'pen]
Definition
(noun.) a white sparkling wine either produced in Champagne or resembling that produced there.
(noun.) a region of northeastern France.
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Definition
(n.) A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France.
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Definition
n. a light sparkling wine from Champagne in France. Still or non-effervescent champagne is also made.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
The stuff that makes the world go round.
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Examples
- He drank three champagne cocktails last night before dinner. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He would drink the regiment's health; or, indeed, take any other excuse to indulge in a glass of champagne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- We'll drink champagne in Udine, Bonello said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- There was a basket of champagne. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And besides, there were no champagne corks among the shells. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Hicks, Champagne to Miss Swartz. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I was for giving him champagne, or brandy, ammonia, and quinine. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- They were all drinking champagne. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- No, I drank champagne and romped and tried to flirt, and was altogether abominable, said Meg self-reproachfully. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- On our arrival at Livius's lodgings in Dover Street, we found an elegant, cold supper laid out, with plenty of champagne on the side-board. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- There was smoking and champagne. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The French made costly but glorious thrusts at Arras and in Champagne in 1915, the British at Loos. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Adventure is to stagnation what champagne is to flat porter. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- After four breakfasts and a gallon of champagne, to serve us such a scurvy trick. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A glass of Champagne! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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