vermouth

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I asked as Jimmy finished his perusal I say," pronounced Jimmy in unfaltering voice, "that the crisis demands a gin-and-vermouth, at once, and that the vermouth should be of the Italian variety Waiter!"

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  1. noun A sweet or dry fortified wine flavored with aromatic herbs and used chiefly in mixed drinks.

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  • Would the Mount Gay XO take kindly to our favorite vermouth, the Carpano Antica?
  • They were in the kitchen, where he had assembled gin, vermouth, and olives for the sacred ceremony. —  EQMM, Sep/Oct 2005
  • He managed to slip into Callender's office and doctor the vermouth, but once Callender was dead, his widow locked up his office and Marienthal couldn't get back in there to cover up his tracks. —  Magazine - Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine - 2007 - Issue 04 - April
  • It turns out that vermouth is a much more potent antioxidant than gin, but that the combination of gin and vermouth was better than either ingredient alone! —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • Since the vermouth was found to be the source of most of the antioxidant properties of the martini, it's very possible that a dry martini could have different antioxidant effects. —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
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  1. French vermout, from German Wermut, from Middle High German wermuot, wormwood, from Old High German wermuota.
 

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