Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cordial made especially in the Baltic provinces of Russia, flavored with cumin, caraway, or fennel, and generally much sweetened. The best quality is called
allasch .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A Russian and German liqueur, consisting of a sweetened spirit flavored with caraway seeds.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun liqueur flavored with caraway seed or cumin
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Examples
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Russia was honored in a similar way by means of a few bottles of kummel.
Off on a Comet 2003
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Coffee and kummel; with the blue smoke wreathing up from their cigars Warren approached the subject of their business.
Ruined City Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1951
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Then, half suffocated, Vogotzine flung the paper on the floor; and, with eyes distended with horror, drawing the caraffe of kummel toward him, he half emptied it, drinking glass after glass to recover his self-control.
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After eating his usual copious breakfast, he had imprudently asked the waiter for a Russian paper; and, as he read, and sipped his kummel, which he found a little insipid and almost made him regret the vodka of his native land, his eyes fell upon a letter from Odessa, in which there was a detailed description of the execution of three nihilists, two of them gentlemen.
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The enormous quantity of kummel he had absorbed, together with the terror produced by the article he had read, had proved too much for the good man: his face was fiery, and he constantly moistened his dry lips.
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He insisted upon drinking three glasses of kummel -- why had they not poured in maple sirup?
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Mr Galloway rapped on the table, and ordered another kummel.
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"I expect we're way off the track," says I; "but I'd like to have you take a careless glance at the giddy old party over under the kummel sign in the corner; the one facin 'this way -- there."
Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907
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The guests were departing early, and kummel and coffee was already being served on a large silver salver by the _buffetschek_, whom Malcolm recognized as the ubiquitous Boolba.
The Book of All-Power Edgar Wallace 1903
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Sarelli lifted the kummel bottle and emptied it into his glass, with a steady hand.
Villa Rubein, and other stories John Galsworthy 1900
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“I’m in the arena trying stuff. Some will work, some won’t,” Palihapitiya posted just before Labor Day weekend on the website formerly known as Twitter alongside a rack of five cream-colored garment bags with burgundy trim — Loro Piana’s unmistakable signature color, which the brand calls “kummel.”
How Loro Piana Became Silicon Valley’s Favorite Flex Jen Wieczner 2023
reesetee commented on the word kummel
caraway-flavored liqueur from Northern Europe
February 24, 2007