brandy snifter
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The brandy snifter portrait is as American as hip-hop, acid-washed jeans and plastic-covered sofas.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2022
But in the 1980s and 1990s, the brandy snifter photo was an innovative, attainable luxury, and it became ubiquitous in some communities.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2022
Initially, the brandy snifter portrait took off for weddings, according to David Ziser, a photographer based in Cincinnati, who took his first brandy snifter portrait of a couple at their wedding in 1978.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2022
“In 1955, a gun onstage was like a brandy snifter — just ye olde prop,” said Mathew Wright, director of “Office Hour” at ArtsWest.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2019
If Wolfe merely ran on like that, he might be dismissed as a frivolous type who has done little more than shoot fish in a brandy snifter.
From Time Magazine Archive
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