Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A type of sparkling mineral water.
Etymologies
- Originally ‘Apollinaris water’, from Apollinarisburg in Germany. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“They sat down at a remote table and Harleston ordered two cold drinks -- an apollinaris with a dash of lemon for her, a Jerry Hill for himself.”
“It is good form for the waitress to serve carbonated water in apollinaris glasses in the drawing room about an hour after the conclusion of the dinner.”
“Butter is not usually served, the individual dishes (filled) are placed at the top of the plate without doily, and if a "cup" of some sort is to be served, an apollinaris glass is placed a little below the water glass.”
“After the train was under way, the Major got himself surrounded with some apollinaris and Scotch, and then settled back to enjoy himself.”
“On cross-examination it appeared that he meant apollinaris.”
“He was dining on filet mignon, dry toast and apollinaris.”
“Claret, apollinaris, and beer were offered, the latter appearing to be the favourite.”
“Here's the orders: Croker, vichy and bicarbonate of soda; Carroll, seltzer lemonade; Sullivan, apollinaris; Murphy, vichy; Plunkitt, ditto.”
“The men who sit in the executive committee room at Tammany Hall and direct things are men who celebrate on apollinaris or vichy.”
“Neither had he then, in answer, to articulate anything but the jollity of their having found a table at a window from which, as they partook of cold beef and apollinaris -- for he hinted they would have to save lots of money -- they could let their eyes hover tenderly on the far-off white cliffs that so often had signalled to the embarrassed English a promise of safety.”
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chained_bear "Clear, potable water is a phenomenon of the twentieth century. Nineteenth-century cookbooks of the 1850s and 1860s usually included directions for purifying water, using different methods of filtration (sand and charcoal) or chemical additives such as alum. Bottled waters offered to many an appealing alternative to city water. Apollinaris—a popular mineral water—was listed on the most elegant menus as a beverage choice, often alongside the stronger beverages."
—Susan Williams, Savory Suppers and Fashionable Feasts: Dining in Victorian America (New York: Pantheon Books, 1985), 139 Apr 14, 2010