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quaff

[kwof, kwaf, kwawf] / kwɒf, kwæf, kwɔf /


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Unruly salt-and-pepper hair in a long quaff, round glasses and broad smile give James Ortiz the look of a whimsical inventor, the kind that hides away in his workshop crafting extraordinary artifacts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

It’s the outline of Mr. Trump’s head – complete with quaff, bushy eyebrows and long neck.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2024

Anxious Americans, or at least the ones who regularly quaff Coke Zero, will be the judge.

From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2021

But demand for the bubbly, low-calorie quaff is showing no signs of going flat, and 2020 has seen a flood of new brands hoping to get in on the party.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2020

I'm in the midst of taking a quaff of my ale and I nearly spit it all over the table.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

Patent absurdity, of course, as much then as now — no matter how many 3D-printed organs we churn out, how long we extend our telomeres, nor how many quaffs of plasma we down.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2023

In other Trump paintings on view, Saul paints the president’s blonde quaffs floating around a canvas.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 19, 2020

Before the quaffs of Champagne, though, I had to do some legwork.

From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2016

Other popular quaffs of the day had names such as “Rattle-skull and Bombo, Cherry Bounce and Whistlebelly Vengeance.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2015

He eats no lotus, but for-ever quaffs the waters which engender immortal thirst.

From Literary and Social Essays by George William Curtis

The son of wealthy Venezuelan Marxists, Ramírez quaffed champagne and chased women like the most sybaritic of bourgeois youth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

And Ken No. 2 star Liu commented on his doll’s perfectly quaffed hair: “I’m a little jealous to be honest.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

Those are the most delightful roles to play because you get to portray this one thing: this glossy, pretty, perfectly quaffed exterior.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2023

The Blonds partnered with Preciosa for the crystals seen in the show, Christian Louboutin for the custom shoes and Oribe Hair Care for the quaffed wigs, Blond said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2023

Chiswyck cackled, quaffed his ale, and wiped the foam away with the back of his hand.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

They were chatting with each other on the Signal app as they chowed down on steaks at the Palm while Hegseth white-knuckled it through everyone else at his table quaffing their Martinis and Negronis.

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025

Pipeño is the quaffing wine of Chile, made to be consumed young and fresh and, until recently, almost never seen outside the country.

From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2020

Things went flat for two burglars who broke into London bookshop Gay’s the Word, after police caught them quaffing prosecco in the shop’s basement.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2020

Hirscher spoke Sunday night, at a long table next to a bar at Austria House, wearing red sneakers and jeans, surrounded by men quaffing sweet wine and Stiegl.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2018

Ah! but what avail Song and ale, If beneath our quaffing Moves not something deeper than our laughing?

From Etain the Beloved and Other Poems by James Henry Cousins


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