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  • noun A liqueur made from cherries macerated in brandy or neutral spirit, and flavoured with spices

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Examples

  • But when a man is well known as drinking only one special thing, like cherry brandy, that isn’t very widely drunk, it’s just like poisoning him in his own home.

    The Complete Father Brown 2003

  • But when a man is well known as drinking only one special thing, like cherry brandy, that isn’t very widely drunk, it’s just like poisoning him in his own home.

    The Complete Father Brown 2003

  • There was no possibility of doubting my wife's word; but I never knew genuine Kalydor, such as I use for my own complexion, to smell so much like cherry brandy.

    Mrs. Bullfrog 1846

  • There was no possibility of doubting my wife's word; but I never knew genuine Kalydor, such as I use for my own complexion, to smell so much like cherry brandy.

    Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

  • Note: Kirsch, a German cherry liqueur, is not sweet like cherry brandy.

    unknown title 2009

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