aperitifn.
/əˈpɛrᵻtiːf//əpɛrᵻˈtiːf/ An alcoholic drink taken, before a meal, to stimulate the appetite.
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1894 Idler Mar. 187 They..sipped their aperitifs tranquilly.
1905 Daily Tel. 22 Feb. 9/2 A teacup-full of whisky which was handed to him by the cook as an aperitif.
1929 Graphic 12 Jan. 54 A memento of Prince George's visit to Bermuda... He is having an after-the-bathe apéritif.
1959 Listener 30 July 191/1 Apéritif ports and sherrys can be served very lightly chilled, too.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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n.1894- to call pisher
- to call quits
- to call rarely to speak all to naught
- to call rarely to speak to naught
- to call shotgun
- to call signals
- to call sisters
- to call square
- to call the clash
- to call the coin
- to call the crack
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- to call the king one's cousin
- to call the last turn
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- to call the register
- to call the roll
- to call the shots
- to call the signals
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- to call the way
- to call them as one sees them