Dubonnet
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- noun
- /ˈdjuːbəˌneɪ/
- We'll have a white Dubonnet on the rocks, please.
- a bottle of Dubonnet
- gin and Dubonnet
Examples
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- How about a Dubonnet with a twist?
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My mom had started drinking on top of everything else, and I'd often come home to find her asleep on the couch, a bottle of Dubonnet on the floor beside her.
Fiction book (1995) -
Can I get a Dubonnet, please, with a twist?
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- Bring him a gin and Dubonnet.
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Canadian Club with ginger ale and Dubonnet on the rocks, please.
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Dubonnet for Darcy and Nona.
Fiction book (1991) -
On Monday, the wash day, she offered to launder and iron Ken's clothes, and he, in turn, bought her a bottle of Dubonnet.
Fiction book (2001) -
I'll order a Dubonnet for our appetizer to enjoy before dinner.
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She prefers a chilled Dubonnet as a refreshing start to her evening.
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At the bar, I decided to try a Dubonnet with a slice of orange.
How Sweet
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dubonnet is the family name of a French maker who created a special sweet, wine-based drink, so you can remember it as 'Dubonnet's' own recipe. That's why Dubonnet today means a sweet, aromatic fortified wine, a wine with extra alcohol, that people drink 'before a meal' as an aperitif.