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brandy

[bran-dee] / ˈbræn di /
NOUN
spirits
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It provides the filling for shells, made like brandy snaps but using Sicilian Marsala wine instead.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Russia has also restricted Armenian fish, famed Jermuk mineral water, wine and brandy.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

As important, our neighbors quickly embraced us, popping over occasionally with gifts of homemade “kulen” sausage or home-brewed plum brandy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

Wisconsin, land of cheese curds and brats and brandy Old Fashioneds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025

Then, as he wrapped the sacking firmly around and her mother pried the clenched teeth open, Helvi poured a little warm milk and precious brandy down the pale cold throat.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford

The hydration break arrived and it wasn't liquid that the underdogs needed, it was oxygen, smelling salts, large brandies.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

And in an equally symbolic move, the Chinese side said that for now, the brandies would have a reprieve.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024

Small businesses producing sljivovica and other fruit brandies have sprouted in recent years, offering modern packaging with ethnic-style designs.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2022

“Lip-plumping treatments,” Mr. Show, compactly handsome at 55, was muttering in between takes, rolling the phrase around in his mouth like one of the top-shelf brandies Mr. Forsythe’s Blake Carrington favored.

From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2017

Coffees and brandies are poured and the guests settle on various couches and armchairs around the crackling fireplace.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

He artfully arranged the chicken atop the crouton bed before drowning it in brandied, garlicky tomato sauce.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2023

It’s really a kind of simplified version of brandied cherries.

From New York Times ● May 6, 2022

What makes them killer is replacing the maraschino cherries in the original recipe with good quality brandied ones.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2016

For the last week of 2011, June is recommending the play Stick Fly, which is about an African-American family on Martha’s Vineyard, and Bernard Callebaut brandied cherries, which are only available seasonally.

From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2011

The proper wine for essence of brandied pig was in readiness behind the double door that led eventually to the wine cellar.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

Large billboards brandying buzzwords like “blockchain” and “Web3” filled the streets and took many longtime conference-goers by surprise.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2023

Peaches and pears should be peeled for brandying.

From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by F. L. (Fanny Lemira) Gillette

Ropiness was cured by repeated rackings and by brandying, eight gallons per pipe being the normal ratio.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Sir Richard Francis Burton


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