Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fermented liquor made from cherry-juice with the addition of sugar and sometimes of flavoring ingredients.
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Examples
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So Alice and Nettie said they would make some cherry-wine to drink our love at parting.
A Holiday Romance 2007
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So Alice and Nettie said they would make some cherry-wine to drink our love at parting.
A Holiday Romance 2007
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While every inn brewed its own beer, and every household had its receipts for applejack and cherry-wine, the more potent spirits were the province of the Crown: brandy, whisky, and rum were imported to the colony in small quantities under heavy guard, and sold at great cost under the Crown's seal.
Drums of Autumn Gabaldon, Diana 1997
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As if it were not enough that they had eaten all our food, and drunk our cherry-wine -- may they suffer for it, Father of the Universe!
Jewish Children 1859-1916 Sholem Aleichem 1887
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They themselves stopped frequently, opened the bags, and tasted our food and cherry-wine, which they praised highly.
Jewish Children 1859-1916 Sholem Aleichem 1887
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"Excellent cherry-wine," they said, passing round the bottles, and letting the liquid gurgle down their throats.
Jewish Children 1859-1916 Sholem Aleichem 1887
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They let us fight whilst they ate our food and drank our cherry-wine -- the devil take them!
Jewish Children 1859-1916 Sholem Aleichem 1887
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A strong smell of almonds caused a buzzing in his cars, but left a pleasant taste in his mouth, like cherry-wine.
In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales August Strindberg 1880
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So Alice and Nettie said they would make some cherry-wine to drink our love at parting.
Holiday Romance 1868
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They had currant-pie in abundance; and cherry-wine, which excited a cuckoo so much, that he became quite rude, and so far forgot himself as to pull the bride about.
Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. Louisa May Alcott 1860
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