| 单词 | widow clicquot |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswidow Clicquot 9. A brand of champagne produced by Veuve Clicquot (also more fully widow Clicquot); (more generally) champagne.The brand is named after Barbe-Nicole Clicquot who was widowed in 1805 and subsequently ran the champagne house established by her father-in-law in 1772.In quot. 1876 as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > French wines > [noun] > champagne champagne1664 Champagne wine1671 simkin1829 sham1848 fizz1864 widow1876 bubbly water1878 boy1882 bubble water1899 pink wine1900 bubbly1916 bubble?1920 champers1955 shampoo1957 1876 Galaxy Sept. 350/1 The widow Clicquot was the only lady present, and inspired by the example of my companions, I was, contrary to my usual custom, somewhat marked in my attentions to her. 1899 G. N. Boothby Red Rat's Daughter xvii A good luncheon and a pint of the Widow to wash it down. 1979 P. Alexander Show me Hero xvi. 170 ‘I've been drinking champagne.’ ‘So have we... Want to try the Widow? It's all we've got.’ 2000 E. Wright Kidnapping Rosie Dawn iv. 32 Clearly Rosie was no seamstress to be kept in a rat-filled attic and rogered for the price of a bottle of the widow. < as lemmas |
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