Claret
['klærət]
Definition
(noun.) a dark purplish-red color.
(noun.) dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine.
(verb.) drink claret; 'They were clareting until well past midnight'.
Edited by Benson--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The name first given in England to the red wines of Medoc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines. The name is also given to similar wines made in the United States.
Typed by Catherine
Definition
n. originally applied to wines of a light-red colour but now used in England for the dark-red wines of Bordeaux: (slang) blood.—v.i. to drink claret.—ns. Clar′et-cup a drink made up of iced claret brandy sugar &c.; Clar′et-jug a fancy jug for holding claret.
Typist: Lucinda
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of drinking claret, denotes you will come under the influence of ennobling association. To dream of seeing broken bottles of claret, portends you will be induced to commit immoralities by the false persuasions of deceitful persons.
Checker: Patrice
Examples
- Mr. Fox and Mr. Sheridan drank claret. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Gentlemen drank claret. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Give me my peach, my cup of coffee, and my claret; I am content. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I'm tired of claret. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He drove his curricle; he drank his claret; he played his rubber; he told his Indian stories, and the Irish widow consoled and flattered him as usual. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Another glass of claret won't hurt you. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This is a day, said Mr. Skimpole, gaily taking a little claret in a tumbler, that will ever be remembered here. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Cricket dinner-- glorious party--capital songs--old port--claret--good--very good--wine, ma'am--wine. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He wore a semi-military smoking jacket, claret-coloured, with a black velvet collar. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He invited Mr. Jarndyce to take a glass of claret. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Done,' says I; and egad, sir--this claret's very good. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Never was better claret at any man's table than at honest Rawdon's; dinners more gay and neatly served. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- George was still drinking claret when she returned to the dining-room, and made no signs of moving. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Well, I'll bet you half a dozen of claret on it; come! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- As we sat soberly drinking claret there with men of to-day, the spirits of the departed came in and took their places round the darksome board. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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