Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A French brandy made from apples.
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- noun uncountable An
apple brandy made inNormandy ,France . - noun countable A
glass of this spirit.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But there was something about the word "calvados" that "sounds romantic whether you know what it is or ever intend to taste it," he said.
The summer sun distilled w's Your Drink? ERIC FELTEN 2008
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But there was something about the word "calvados" that "sounds romantic whether you know what it is or ever intend to taste it," he said.
Summer Sun Distilled 2008
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It is akin to giving a bottle of fine calvados to a substitute third grade homeroom teacher, A more despicable act of self-flaggelation cannot be imagined.
Moderators 2010
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It is akin to giving a bottle of fine calvados to a substitute third grade homeroom teacher, A more despicable act of self-flaggelation cannot be imagined.
Moderators 2010
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It is akin to giving a bottle of fine calvados to a substitute third grade homeroom teacher, A more despicable act of self-flaggelation cannot be imagined.
Moderators 2010
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It is akin to giving a bottle of fine calvados to a substitute third grade homeroom teacher, A more despicable act of self-flaggelation cannot be imagined.
Moderators 2010
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It is akin to giving a bottle of fine calvados to a substitute third grade homeroom teacher, A more despicable act of self-flaggelation cannot be imagined.
Moderators 2010
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It is akin to giving a bottle of fine calvados to a substitute third grade homeroom teacher, A more despicable act of self-flaggelation cannot be imagined.
Moderators 2010
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It is akin to giving a bottle of fine calvados to a substitute third grade homeroom teacher, A more despicable act of self-flaggelation cannot be imagined.
Moderators 2010
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It is akin to giving a bottle of fine calvados to a substitute third grade homeroom teacher, A more despicable act of self-flaggelation cannot be imagined.
Moderators 2010
ingridf_nl commented on the word calvados
apple brandy
May 17, 2007
garyth123 commented on the word calvados
a word i associate with Gurdjieff.
December 23, 2008