Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A drink consisting of dry white wine or champagne flavored with crème de cassis.
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- noun A
cocktail made with a measure ofcrème de cassis topped up with whitewine .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A kir is a mix of white wine and french blackberry liqueur.
A love affair of shame to rival the poignancy of Brokeback Mountain, or The French Eat McDonald's 2006
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Friday night cocktail party, July 16, $45.50; vodka-thyme lemonade; strawberry-ginger caipirosca; pineapple-gin "kir"; spicy nuts; watermelon skewers; cucumber and smoked salmon sandwiches; parmesan-dusted meatballs; salami and cured olives; mashed potato focaccia; marinated mushrooms; grilled summer fruit and chocolate chip cookies with sea salt.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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'kir' is a hoit de toit term for champagne cocktail
PEAS ON TOAST 2009
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Skip the traditional brunch Bellini and go for its improved cousin, the Kir Yvette, made with lemon, kir and Prosecco, $8.
East Village Old Country Melanie Grayce West 2011
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Here, a Kir Yvette is made with fresh lemon juice, kir and Prosecco, which is an Italian white wine.
An Austrian Brunch 2011
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I love wine and I don't see how this is any more blasphemous than French kir.
Make House Wine Taste Better With Soda Water | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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In the Rabbinic interpretation, the “wall” [kir] was not the place where Hezekiah prayed, but the subject of his prayer.
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I love wine and I don't see how this is any more blasphemous than French kir.
Make House Wine Taste Better With Soda Water | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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When the woman saw that Elisha had come back to Shunem, she suggested to her husband (v. 10): “Let us make a small enclosed upper chamber [aliyat kir ketanah] and place a bed, a table, a chair, and a lampstead there for him, so that he can stop there whenever he comes to us.”
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If you're anything like me, chances are 90% of the resolutions you made as the ball dropped and you finished your nth kir royale have since been sent scuttling back to the heap of "things I'd like to do/be/practice next year."
Daphne Oz: Three Secrets for Interpersonal-Relationship Perfection 2008
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