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claret [ˈklærət] n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Chiefly Brit a red wine, esp one from the Bordeaux district of France 2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) a. a purplish-red colour b. (as adjective) a claret carpet [from Old French (vin) claret clear (wine), from Medieval Latin clārātum, from clārāre to make clear, from Latin clārus clear] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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To picnic by some lonely stream-side on a few sandwiches, a flask of claret, and a pennyworth of apples; to talk about the books we loved; to exchange our hopes and dreams,--we asked nothing better than this simple fare. I was embarrassed to make a choice, and the steward nearly collapsed when I ordered claret as an after- dinner drink. Observing all this in the first comprehensive glance with which a stranger surveys a place that is new to him, Nicholas sat himself down in the box next to the noisy party, with his back towards them, and postponing his order for a pint of claret until such time as the waiter and one of the elderly gentlemen should have settled a disputed question relative to the price of an item in the bill of fare, took up a newspaper and began to read. |
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