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  • proper noun obsolete The island of Réunion.

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Examples

  • 2. An Old Fashioned is even better with applejack than it is with bourbon, and with Basil Hayden's Bourbon, it's already pretty damn good.

    Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2008

  • The general consensus seems to be that Bourbon is fine if it is all you can get, Bourbon is preferred when the vanilla is a backnote, and Tahitian is preferred when you really want to make vanilla the star.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Laura 2008

  • The general consensus seems to be that Bourbon is fine if it is all you can get, Bourbon is preferred when the vanilla is a backnote, and Tahitian is preferred when you really want to make vanilla the star.

    Slow Cooked Chicken & The Amazing Aroma of Vanilla Laura 2008

  • It sometimes seems as if we are back in Bourbon mode: they seem to have learnt nothing and forgotten everything.

    Archive 2007-06-17 2007

  • I'm ashamed to admit I used to be under the impression that any whiskey calling itself "bourbon" had to, by law, have been distilled in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

    The First Flush - Anil Dash 2007

  • Ann -- Bourbon is like liquid bacon as it also makes everything better!

    For Thanksgiving, sweet potato cheesecake | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2007

  • And the French took the vine to the islands off the coast of southeast Africa that now supply much of the world: Madagascar, Réunion, and Comoros, which collectively produce what is called Bourbon vanilla.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • And the French took the vine to the islands off the coast of southeast Africa that now supply much of the world: Madagascar, Réunion, and Comoros, which collectively produce what is called Bourbon vanilla.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Bourbon is in truth, simply a huge cone, the base of which is about forty leagues in circumference, while its gigantic mountain peaks rise to the height of ten thousand feet.

    Indiana 1900

  • Zollikoffer was a Dutchwoman, and lived in Bourbon County,

    Echoes of the Week 1865

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