brandy snifter
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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When he hoisted her brandy snifter portrait in the air as he became the second Black mayor of the city, she too became a part of history.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2022
The second filter vignetted around the subject to make them fit in the brandy snifter.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2022
In 1995, my siblings and I had our own brandy snifter portraits taken at our local CTown supermarket on 135th Street and Broadway.
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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