Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A list of the wines, etc., that may be obtained in a hotel or restaurant.
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Examples
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He sat down beside me and I handed him the wine-card.
The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2) Harry Furniss
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All about you is the wine country -- the names of towns and villages round about read like a wine-card -- and, as you are lunching in some little side-street restaurant, a table is moved away, a trap-door opens, and monsieur the proprietor looks on while the big casks of claret are rolled in from the street and lowered to the cellar and the old casks hauled up again.
Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them Arthur Ruhl 1905
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The American shoved the wine-card which Joseph had given him toward the gentleman with the black pearl.
In the Fog Richard Harding Davis 1890
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When Paul Preval, the French artist who came to London by royal command to paint a portrait of the Prince of Wales, was made an honorary member -- only foreigners may be honorary members -- he said, as he signed his first wine-card, "I would rather see my name on that than on a picture in the Louvre."
Ranson's Folly Richard Harding Davis 1890
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The American shoved the wine-card which Joseph had given him toward the gentleman with the black pearl.
Ranson's Folly Richard Harding Davis 1890
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A pint of the second or third claret on the wine-card washes down this penitential repast.
The Gourmet's Guide to Europe Algernon Bastard 1885
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I remembered thus far well enough; and that, whenever I took up a wine-card, or a pencil, these articles were snatched out of my fingers.
The Scalp Hunters Mayne Reid 1850
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"that Joseph shall bring me a wine-card, and that I sign it for five bottles of the Club's best champagne."
In the Fog Richard Harding Davis 1890
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"that Joseph shall bring me a wine-card, and that I sign it for five bottles of the Club's best champagne."
Ranson's Folly Richard Harding Davis 1890
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