Meaning of boulevardier | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A man who frequents the boulevards; thus, a man about town or bon vivant.
2. An alcoholic drink similar to a negroni but made with bourbon instead of gin.
   capitalized, often

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Examples

“Sitting alone at his window-seat, he was like an old boulevardier fallen on hard times, waspish, inward, slothful.”

“The 19th century was the age of the flaneur and the boulevardier, figures who made strolling down Fifth Avenue or Broadway, often vividly attired, a fashionable activity worthy of their counterparts in Paris or London.”

“The boulevardier is a fun drink. Similar to the negroni, the boulevardier features bourbon as the spirit instead of gin for the negroni. To be clear, they are different drinks but at the same time similar.[…]”

“Make no bones about it, if you were drinking a Boulevardier at Harry's in 1920, you were also drinking in a few hundred litres of smoke-filled air alongside it.[…]”

“On the revival menu: boulevardiers, martinis, Manhattans, negronis, old fashioneds and more.”

“"We're drinking Boulevardiers."”

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