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claret::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | red bordeaux |
| Type of | bordeaux, bordeaux wine, red wine |
| Has types | saint emilion |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | dark red |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | booze, drink, fuddle, hit the bottle |
They were clareting until well past midnight.
Examples of claret
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Green jackets, claret jugs and Jack Nicklaus's record 18 career majors can wait.
From the bloomberg.com
Oosthuizen hoisting a claret jug last summer at St. Andrews did not go unnoticed.
From the sacbee.com
Cinderella will wear claret and cobalt to Sunday night's MLS Championship Ball.
From the sltrib.com
It grew on him, for he went home with the claret jug after a four-shot victory.
From the bostonherald.com
He says he plans to offer Nelson Mandela a drink from the trophy, a claret jug.
From the economist.com
Aston Villa in their Victorian claret and blue, United in black-and-blue hoops.
From the guardian.co.uk
In addition to the eye-catching packaging, this claret has an interesting history.
From the stltoday.com
I discovered even a champion claret can become tainted, and taste slightly bitter.
From the kidderminstershuttle.co.uk
The British called its remarkable red wines claret, and imported it for centuries.
From the post-gazette.com
- A dark purplish-red color
- Drink claret; "They were clareting until well past midnight"
- Dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine
- (The Clarets) Burnley Football Club , nicknamed The Clarets by fans, are a professional English football club based in Burnley, Lancashire. They were founder members of The Football League in 1888. Rec.Sport. ...
- To dream of drinking claret, denotes you will come under the influence of ennobling association. To dream of seeing broken bottles of claret, portends you will be induced to commit immoralities by the false persuasions of deceitful persons.
- Old-fashioned English term for red wines from the Bordeaux region.
- What the red wines similar to those of Bordeaux in France were commonly called until recent years whereby mimicking French wines has been outlawed.
- The pale pink clairet became very popular in England in the 12th Century. But now the term claret is applied to all Bordeaux reds.
- A light and fruity red wine produced in the region of Bordeaux.
