Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bitter medicines generally, as cinchona, quinine, etc.
- Specifically, a liquor (generally a spirituous liquor) in which bitter herbs or roots are steeped. Bitters are employed as stomachics, anthelminthics, and in various other ways.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural A liquor, generally spirituous in which a bitter herb, leaf, or root is steeped.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A liquid used in
mixed drinks or as a tonic into which bitter herbs have been steeped, (can also be found in powdered form for adding tomixed drinks ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots
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Examples
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We are human beings, and as such a handshake or a hug or the experience of sharing a bag of BBQ-chicken-flavoured potato crisps over a tankard of bitters is simply not fungible with anything else on this planet.
Because we are people frankwu 2007
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The resurgence in Italian bitters - liqueurs with a sweet-sour flavour profile - has prompted experimentation behind the bar at places like CinCin.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed BEPPI CROSARIOL 2010
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They must be known as bitters, or hostiles, or angries, pissed offs.
Harry Reid just called Chief Justice John Roberts a liar. Ann Althouse 2009
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They must be known as bitters, or hostiles, or angries, pissed offs.
Harry Reid just called Chief Justice John Roberts a liar. Ann Althouse 2009
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They must be known as bitters, or hostiles, or angries, pissed offs, or in DTL's case, straight-up bullshitters.
"It should be known that Jonathan Crutchley's donation to McCain left the entire Board in disbelief." Ann Althouse 2008
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Chip: They must be known as bitters, or hostiles, or angries, pissed offs, or in DTL's case, straight-up bullshitters.
"It should be known that Jonathan Crutchley's donation to McCain left the entire Board in disbelief." Ann Althouse 2008
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They must be known as bitters, or hostiles, or angries, pissed offs, or in DTL's case, straight-up bullshitters.
"It should be known that Jonathan Crutchley's donation to McCain left the entire Board in disbelief." Ann Althouse 2008
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Valerien, a glass of bitters, that is to say, Vinoy's brigade, feigned to attack a saucer representing the Montretout batteries; while the regular army and National Guard, symbolized by a glass of vermouth and absinthe, were coming in solid masses from the south, and marching straight into the heart of the enemy, the match-box.
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You like to see other folks; taking the bitters is another thing.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 Various
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Evidently the best ingredient in the bitters was the solvent, not the
A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett William Henry Venable 1878
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