piquette

The liquor called piquette, which is manufactured by our farmers, supplies advantageously the place of wine, serving as a tonic, and at the same time quenching thirst.

Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs 1863

In the future, "there may be less Languedoc," a region that, while it produces fine vintages, was long infamous for its "piquette," or biting wine.

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Madame also is not a “bird with a long bill;” the dinner, including piquette, alias vin ordinaire, coffee, and the petit verre, costs five francs to the stranger, and one franc less pays the déjeuner a la fourchette — most men here eat two dinners.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

I fancy his piquette, as they call the ordinary white wine of the country, had been too much for him.

Chateau and Country Life in France Mary Alsop King Waddington

These considerations point out in the strongest manner the poverty of this royal people, of whom two-thirds, if not three-fourths, were reduced to live on fish and cheese, and drink piquette, when the expense of the table of Vitellius amounted, in a single year, to 175 millions of

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 281, November 3, 1827 Various

I smile at Algerian wine growers and say, 'Ha! ha! none of your _petite piquette frélateé_ for me but good sound wine.'

The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol William John Locke 1896

This would not hurt him if he were better fed, but he eats little besides his soup, and drinks bad _piquette_. '

Two Summers in Guyenne Edward Harrison Barker 1885

We will supply you an omelette and piquette, and send you back sobered and friarly -- to Caen for Paris at sunset. '

Diana of the Crossways — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868

You will test the truth of that after your omelette and piquette, and marvel at the quitting of your line of route for Paris.

Diana of the Crossways — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868

We will supply you an omelette and piquette, and send you back sobered and friarly -- to Caen for Paris at sunset. '

Diana of the Crossways — Complete George Meredith 1868