Cognac
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈkɒnjæk/
:
coñac
- At the party, they served a variety of drinks, including a fine cognac from France.
They're shooting and he drank cognac and while eating Brie.
- They're shooting and he drank cognac and while eating Brie.
- Oh now pour me a big old glass of cognac.
- When when you say Bacardi, what we think about is Patron tequila, which they own, you say Cognac, which they own, Grey Goose vodka which they own.
Examples
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May I offer you gentlemen some cognac?
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Finally, Dorothy broke the silence by announcing that dessert and cognac would be served in the living room.
Fiction book (1992) -
I believe it's his cognac and I just wanted to try it.
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l have wine and cognac from home.
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I already had one, but I bought another to thank him for the cognac.
Fiction book (1994) -
I think I'll have another drop of cognac... just to keep the wind out of my bones on the way home.
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The minister and the professor stood near the fire, drinking cognac out of plastic cups.
Fiction book (1991) -
We have a product, a cognac called Laportier.
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Joe and Patricia have been talking and sipping cognac for an hour and a half.
Fiction book (1990) -
Settled into an overstuffed chair in a simple apartment, Schindler pours a shot of cognac from a flask.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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2.7
A strong alcoholic drink made from wine or fruit juice and often aged in wood
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cognac comes from the name of a town called Cognac in France, where this special grape brandy is made. So a Cognac is simply a brandy named after the place it comes from, much like champagne is named for the Champagne region.