Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A popular cordial, consisting of burned brandy in which cherries have been steeped with sugar. Also called
cherry-cordial .
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Examples
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He wonders that the Americans should build with wood, whilst all this stone is lying in the roadside, and is astonished to learn that a wooden house may last a hundred years; nor will he remember the fact as many minutes after it has been told him; he wonders they do not make elder-wine and cherry-bounce, since here are cherries, and every mile is crammed with elder bushes.
Uncollected Prose 2006
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His father had killed himself with brandy; the son more elevated in his tastes, was doing the same thing with curacoa, maraschino, and cherry-bounce.
Doctor Thorne 2004
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The remodeled lunch being gaily partaken of, the studio and garden visited, and art discussed with enthusiasm, Amy ordered a buggy (alas for the elegant cherry-bounce), and drove her friend quietly about the neighborhood till sunset, when ` the party went out '.
Little Women 1921
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Every man adopted a special diet or a favourite liquor -- brandy, whiskey, bitters, cherry-bounce, sarsaparilla.
The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned George Dunderdale 1862
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The remodeled lunch being gaily partaken of, the studio and garden visited, and art discussed with enthusiasm, Amy ordered a buggy (alas for the elegant cherry-bounce), and drove her friend quietly about the neighborhood till sunset, when
Little Women Louisa May Alcott 1860
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His father had killed himself with brandy; the son, more elevated in his tastes, was doing the same thing with curaçoa, maraschino, and cherry-bounce.
Doctor Thorne Anthony Trollope 1848
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"To the last! and she offered you some cherry-bounce, I suppose."
Deerbrook Harriet Martineau 1839
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Let me have the honour -- a glass of mulled port wine, or a drop of cherry-bounce.
Deerbrook Harriet Martineau 1839
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He wonders that the Americans should build with wood, whilst all this stone is lying in the roadside, and is astonished to learn that a wooden house may last a hundred years; nor will he remember the fact as many minutes after it has been told him; he wonders they do not make elder-wine and cherry-bounce, since here are cherries, and every mile is crammed with elder bushes.
Uncollected Prose 1832
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So I down with a glass of good right cherry-bounce.
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