Armagnac
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Armagnac
First recorded in 1840–50
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As a symbolic sweetener for his insistence, the French president’s gift offerings to Xi included an Armagnac from France’s southwest, one of the liqueurs at risk of the damaging Chinese sanctions.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
A relatively flat route appears to guarantee a high-speed finish with the final three kilometres of the stage taking place on the Nogaro motor racing circuit, also known as the Circuit Paul Armagnac.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2023
He recommends Armagnac or apple brandy, but if that's not something you typically keep around, I suggest rum rather than buying a bottle of something you won't otherwise enjoy.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2022
Oak barrels of Armagnac are seen in a cellar at the Chateau de Laubade in Sorbets, Southwestern France, August 24, 2012.
From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2022
Being a court messenger and therefore, naturally, a royalist of the Armagnac party, Gillon the Furtive professed, after the fashion of inferior courtiers, a sort of stupid, false, blind and grovelling adoration for Charles VII.
From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Eug?ne Sue
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