pinard
9.9
Cheap red wine drunk by soldiers, especially the French during World War I
- noun
- Archaic
:
vino de soldado
- During the war, many French troops relied on pinard as an affordable source of refreshment.
Examples
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The soldiers toasted with glasses of pinard after a long day of fighting.
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Everyone drinks cheap Algerian pinard.
Fiction book (1998) -
After dinner, they enjoyed a glass of pinard while sharing their stories from the front lines.
Synonyms
Pinot noir
vspinard
9
4.9
A red grape and the dry red wine made from it
is the ordinary cheap red commonly drunk by soldiers in wartime
3
7.2
A dry red wine from Bordeaux
is the cheap common red soldiers drank rather than a Bordeaux style wine
vin
vspinard
1
6.6
Wine that often comes from France
is a specific cheap red associated with soldiers rather than a broad term
9.9
A simple inexpensive French wine for everyday drinking
is the cheap red drink especially linked to soldiers in wartime
Pommard
vspinard
9.3
A village in Burgundy, France, known for red wine made from Pinot Noir grapes
is the ordinary cheap red soldiers drank rather than prized regional bottles
How Cheap
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pinard became slang for cheap red wine among French soldiers in World War I; one helpful way to remember it is to imagine men sharing a rough red 'wine' called pinard, so the word now means an ordinary or cheap red wine.