Tokay
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- noun
- /toʊˈkaɪ/
:
Tokay
- I wouldn't recommend the Tokay, gentlemen.
- sweet Tokay
- glass of Tokay
Examples
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I swirled the Tokay in my glass and watched it sheet down the sides.
Fiction book (1994) -
He spent an entire evening, Tokay in hand, ruminating on the wonders of the roof tiler, the bookbinder, the wine seller, the silk thrower, and the basketmaker.
Fiction book (1992) -
Only Martine would serve a wine as sweet as Tokay before dinner.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Tokay is sweet, almost like syrup.
Fiction book (1999) -
The Tokay would be poured after the meal.
Fiction book (1992) -
… the sultan brought me a bottle of his favorite Tokay.
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If you think I've been nipping at it, I don't drink anything but Tokay wine.
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Her Tokay parties were famous, bubbling with jazz and clinking with Bohemian crystal.
Fiction book (1997) -
I ran into him quite accidentally in southern Estonia in a roadside tavern, where he drank Tokay with total strangers.
Fiction book (1993) -
Only Martine would serve a wine as sweet as Tokay before dinner.
Compounds
- Specialized
A table grape with purple-red skin, large juicy berries and a sweet taste
How Sweet
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tokay comes from the Hungarian place name Tokaj, a region famous for a 'sweet dessert wine'. Like many wines named for their home place, the name Tokay now means that sweet Hungarian wine or the grape used to make it.