liqueur

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The only thing more pink than the liqueur is the website.

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  1. noun Any of various strongly flavored alcoholic beverages typically served in small quantities after dinner.

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  • Mr. Campion accepted his ultimatum that coffee alone or with a liqueur was the best that could be done for him, and was sniffing something which he trusted devoutly was not medicated paraffin before he ventured a casual question. —  Coroner's Pidgin - Margery Allingham - Campion 12: 1945
  • The alcohol was gone from the liqueur, the strawberries were warmed and softened, and some of the sugars had caramelized. —  Emma Bull - Finder
  • The liqueur, the one Tick-Tick had said was from over the Border, that she'd poured on strawberries and set fire to. —  Emma Bull - Finder
  • The only thing more pink than the liqueur is the website. —  Real Life Comics
  • You know how when you go to the grocery store and you need orange liqueur, and they have both Grand Marinier, for 24.99 a bottle, and the generic grocery store brand, Triple Sec, for —  Anime News Network
 

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  1. French, from Old French licour, a liquid; see liquor.

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  1. French: see liquor, n.
 

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/lɪˈkər/
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