cognac

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  1. noun A brandy distilled from white wine and produced in the vicinity of Cognac.

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  • None had expected to be given cigarettes, cognac, and to be treated with sympathetic consideration. —  Grey Wolf, Grey Sea
  • The hotels stocked up on the most expensive cognac, the finest cigars, and the rarest of wines. —  ConsenttoKill
  • I commanded some French cognac, and kept my eye on the rector, and the sight of him was making me dangerous. —  Richard Carvel
  • Incredibly, a tenth of the cognac was lost to evaporation, a contribution known as the angels' share. —  EQMM,June2006
  • Between the mink and the cognac, my confidence was restored and while the desk clerk answered the director's phone, I whipped the film from my camera and stuffed it behind my suspender. —  EQMM,December2007
 

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  1. Formerly also cogniac; from French cognac: so called from Cognac in France.
 

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/ˈkoʊnyæk/
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