Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A red wine of good quality, made in the department of Dordogne in southwestern France, in the vicinity of the town of Bergerac.
- noun A white wine from the same district, generally very sweet and of a high flavor.
- noun A dry wine not unlike Barsac.
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Examples
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"Cyrano de Bergerac" is probably my favorite of all non-Shakespearean plays.
Archive 2006-01-01 David 2006
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"Cyrano de Bergerac" is probably my favorite of all non-Shakespearean plays.
Moby Dick David 2006
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He also invokes a fine early 20th-century English author, a bestselling New York novelist, and the Sydney-born director of Australia (after having said that Brothers has a presumably French-influenced “Cyrano de Bergerac-style struggle”).
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French actor and winemaker born in Chateauroux, France, Depardieu has been nominated for an Academy Award for his movie, Cyrano de Bergerac and a Golden Globe for Best Actor in the film, Green Card.
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He was awarded a Cesar -- the French equivalent of an Oscar -- for best actor for his interpretation of the large-nosed romantic Cyrano de Bergerac in the 1990 movie of the same name.
Depardieu outrages passengers by urinating in plane Reuters 2011
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How fitting would it be if these wines were from Bergerac instead of Languedoc???
French winemakers found guilty in pinot noir fraud | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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There really was a Cyrano de Bergerac, though he did not have the huge nose that is often portrayed in film and in plays.
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The show's original star, John Nettles, previously best-known for his title role in another long-running crime drama, BBC1's Bergerac, appeared in the last of his 82 episodes last month.
Midsomer Murders producer suspended over diversity remarks 2011
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• Let that modern day Cyrando de Bergerac, Mr. Brando himself, inspire Tesla-powered love in our hearts.
Boing Boing 2009
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The media went wild, trying to decide if the mark was a wire tap and if Bush had a Cyrano de Bergerac feeding him lines during the debate.
Alex Sink and the great debate blunders (Videos) Melissa Bell 2010
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