Pernod
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- proper noun
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Pernod
- How about a Vodka martini with a Pernod float?
- a bottle of Pernod
Examples
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"How old are you, Paxton?" he asked, increasingly attracted to her with each sip of Pernod.
Fiction book (1990) -
I'm going down to a cafe, drink a lot of Pernod, and listen to the band.
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- Um... could I have... - a Pernod?
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I can give you a choice of... Pernod...
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In reality, in a loose and dying reality, life does not always follow the rule of law: some time ago, a friend who lives in Paris sent me two bottles of Pernod.
Academic text (2007) -
Maker's Mark, Pernod, sugar, bitters served up, and a Courvoisier Side Car.
Blog text (14) -
Every few years we would see each other and drink Pernod, much less Pernod of late, and hold hands and thumb wrestle, and misremember poetry.
Fiction book (2002) -
They visited Jordan's criminology professor, who served them Pernod in jelly glasses; they took photos under certain Gothic archways.
Fiction book (1999) -
While our intimacy had been a brief fluke, as his sexual preference was otherwise, our friendship was cemented by long afternoons spent wearing each other's clothes, drinking Pernod, and reading aloud the poetry of William Blake.
Fiction book (2002) -
At the bar, he ordered a Pernod with ice and a slice of lemon.
Synonyms
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A sweet clear alcoholic drink flavored with anise seeds
A sweet French drink flavored with anise, served before a meal
A sweet clear alcoholic drink from Bordeaux flavored with anise and drunk after a meal
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Pernod comes from the family name of its maker, Henri-Louis Pernod, who first made anise-flavored drinks in France. So today, Pernod means the sweet, anise-flavored liqueur often used as a milder substitute for absinthe.