Cognac
['kɒnjæk]
Definition
(noun.) high quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France.
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Definition
(n.) A kind of French brandy, so called from the town of Cognac.
Typist: Robinson
Definition
n. an excellent quality of French brandy so called because much of it is made near the town Cognac in Charente.
Checked by Gardner
Examples
- Have the goodness to give me a little glass of old cognac, and a mouthful of cool fresh water, madame. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- She said, however, that the cognac was flattered, and took up her knitting. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Don't throw the cognac out the window, Rinaldi said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I sat at the table and he came back with the bottle and poured us each a half tumbler of cognac. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He offered me a glass of cognac. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Rinaldi went across the room to the washstand and brought back two glasses and a bottle of cognac. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I poured you out half a wineglass-full of our fifty year old Cognac; and (more shame for me! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She went over to the armoire and brought me the cognac and a glass. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- She rouged regularly now; and--and her maid got Cognac for her besides that which was charged in the hotel bill. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It's Austrian cognac, he said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I drank the cognac and felt it warm all the way down. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I bring you this-- It was a bottle of cognac. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I held the glass for some more cognac. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- After sipping his cognac to the end, he added: Yes, Miss Manette is going to be married. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Marvellous cognac this, madame! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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