Meaning of chasse-café | Babel Free

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A small serving of spirits taken to remove the taste of coffee, tobacco, etc.

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“"[…] And here comes tea and coffee—may as well have⟳ some, I suppose⟳ it will be all the same price. And what's this?" eyeing a lot of liqueur glasses full of eau de vie. "Chasse café, Monsieur," said the garçon. "Chasse cafe—chasse cafe—what's that? Oh, I twig—what we call⟳ 'shove in the mouth' at the Free-and-Easy.—Yes, certainly, give⟳ me a glass."”

“The business of the drama is now over, and by way of epilogue, you toss off a demi-tasse of café noir, with its accompanying petit verre de liqueur, which has been appositely termed chasse-café, from the peculiar rapidity it usually exhibits in following that aromatic beverage. […] Such are the details of a Parsian dinner; […]”

“The former will have⟳ devoted himself to you for the first half-score hours, have⟳ promenaded, dined à la carte, and chasse café’d with you, seen you to your hotel with bows, promises, and ravishing language, and then—have⟳ forgotten you for ever.”

“The dinner was in the best French manner—choice fruit, and wines of the greatest variety and richness; melon, with boiled beef as usual; coffee after dinner, without cream, and a small glass of liqueur called chasse-café, after it.”

“Sir Louis began by ordering the woman to bring⟳ him chasse-café. She offered him coffee, as much as he would; but no chasse.”

“I could not understand⟳ why they gave us unlimited light⟳ claret for dinner, with Madeira and champagne, with any number⟳ of chasse cafés, all included in the passage-money, whilst any one calling for a modest glass of ale had to pay⟳ extra, and pretty handsomely, for the same.”

“At the concert (which was at three) I found [Anton] Rubinstein who is here visiting his wife for Christmas. We dined together (at the Grand Hôtel de Russie, Babuino). As a chasse-café I banged out for him my arrangement of the Tic-tac Tarantelle by [Alexander] Dargomizhsky.”

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