单词 | apple brandy |
释义 | > as lemmasapple brandy apple brandy n. a strong spirit, typically distilled from cider. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [noun] > brandy not from grapes > apple-brandy cider brandy1703 apple brandy1740 pupelo1806 applejack1816 Jack1816 calvados1906 1740 J. Arnaud Alarm touching Health 13 That called by some Apple Brandy, is only weak Malt Spirits put into Cyder Casks. c1780 in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1907) 2 256 [I] accepted 13 gals. of peach brandy in satisfaction of the damage... He cheated me with apple brandy. 1868 Congress. Globe 6 July 3741/3 There are..a very large amount of apple orchards, and the fruit is mostly applied to the distillation of apple brandy. 1929 New Yorker 25 May 22/1 The apple brandy nipped at in the locker-room. 2000 S. Fallon & M. Rothschild World Food: France (Lonely Planet Guide) 220 This strong apple brandy [sc. Calvados] is aged in oak casks for up to six years, and improves remarkably with age. < as lemmas |
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