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- noun A
liqueur made fromcherries macerated inbrandy or neutralspirit , and flavoured withspices
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Examples
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But when a man is well known as drinking only one special thing, like cherry brandy, that isn’t very widely drunk, it’s just like poisoning him in his own home.
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But when a man is well known as drinking only one special thing, like cherry brandy, that isn’t very widely drunk, it’s just like poisoning him in his own home.
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There was no possibility of doubting my wife's word; but I never knew genuine Kalydor, such as I use for my own complexion, to smell so much like cherry brandy.
Mrs. Bullfrog 1846
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There was no possibility of doubting my wife's word; but I never knew genuine Kalydor, such as I use for my own complexion, to smell so much like cherry brandy.
Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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Note: Kirsch, a German cherry liqueur, is not sweet like cherry brandy.
unknown title 2009
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