piquette

Definitions

A drink of marc and water.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“At dinner Pierre takes a glass of piquette, saying that they had too much wine the day before (the fête day). I look⟳ at Charles, and he has piquette too.”

“She gave him a glass of piquette and a hunch of bread.”

“The latter is usually utilized in the South of France for the production of piquettes, or the manufacture⟳ of spirit; the alcohol may be obtained by direct⟳ distillation or by the distillation of the piquettes. […] Through the same procedure the third vessel charged with the liquid from the second will yield⟳ a piquette containing 8·75 per cent. of alcohol, and the fourth vessel charged with the liquid from the third will yield⟳ a piquette containing 9·5 per cent.”

“With bread for his soup, a bottle of piquette on the table, onions and potatoes, he can carry⟳ on.”

“The men were given a daily ration of a small bottle of piquette or watered down wine with their lunch and evening meal.”

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