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‖ fine champagne|fin ʃɑ̃paɲ|
[Fr., = eau-de-vie fine de la Champagne ‘fine brandy of the Grande Champagne and Petite Champagne vineyards’ (of the department of Charente).]
Old liqueur brandy (from the vineyards mentioned above). Also abbreviated fine (de la) maison, old brandy ‘of the house’; so fine, (French) brandy.
1868G. A. Sala Notes & Sk. Paris Exhib. 167 We shall require sixty bottles of cognac, fine champagne. 1875H. Vizetelly Wines of World 19 The Enrageat,..Folle Blanche, or crazy vine, which prevails so extensively in the Deux-Charentes, and from whose fruit fine champagne cognac is distilled. 1923E. E. Cummings Let. 15 Sept. (1969) 103, I prefer fine to calvados. 1927E. Hemingway Fiesta i. 12 We had several fines after the coffee. 1928A. E. W. Mason Prisoner in Opal xxiii, So! Some coffee and some fine de la maison? 1928Observer 11 Mar. 12/2 The wine waiter has had the habit of insidiously proposing a ‘fine maison’ to the customer who wants an old brandy. 1951N. Balchin Way through Wood xii. 174, I ordered two fines. 1964E. Kelen Peace in Their Time xiii. 350 He was afraid that if he bought somebody a fine he would one day die of starvation. |