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Examples
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But I'll stop here, for the merging of person and product goes altogether too far with the thought of West's innards (or "variety meats" as they are properly called) being bathed in cream and apple-jack and served up to the would-be gourmet.
Gastro-Porn Cockburn, Alexander 1977
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Most probably the national taste for stronger tipple could not at that time be overcome, and ale could not compete with New England rum and apple-jack.
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When some of his staff mistook a jug of buttermilk that had been sent him for "good old apple-jack," and made wry faces in gulping it down, he did not attempt to conceal his merriment.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 Various
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On the way thither we dropped into the store of a Mr. Armstrong, and imbibed rather copiously of apple-jack, to protect us against the night air, which, by the way, is always dangerous when apple-jack is convenient.
The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer John Beatty
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The apple-jack dilated most engagingly on the remarkable beauty of the evening, the pleasantness of the weather generally, and the delightfulness of Shelbyville.
The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer John Beatty
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He filleth his canteen with apple-jack, and clappeth the mouth thereof upon the bung of a whisky-barrel, and after a little while goeth away, rejoicing in his strategy.
Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Alf Burnett
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Upon the sawdust in the lower niches of the vault lay packages of the finest Hollands, wicker casements of Curaçoa, and the apple-jack of Jersey in gleaming glass.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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Down at Barnegat, N. J., where I live, our neighbors are very fond of apple-jack.
My Memories of Eighty Years Depew, Chauncey M 1922
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The indignant owner said: 'You infernal hog, why did you drink up all my apple-jack?'
My Memories of Eighty Years Depew, Chauncey M 1922
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This is the apple-jack country that we are in now.
Sally of Missouri 1905
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