Cointreau
[ kwahn-troh; French kwan-troh ]
/ ˈkwɑn troʊ; French kwɛ̃ˈtroʊ /
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Trademark.
a colorless, orange-flavored liqueur.
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How to use Cointreau in a sentence
Well yes he did, supplemented with beers and wine and Cointreau and Champagne.
The Final Roar: Paul Reid on Finishing William Manchester’s Life of Churchill|Kevin Canfield|November 16, 2012|DAILY BEASTEven when the evening lengthened and he became more lucid under the stimulus of cornwhisky and cointreau he could not shake them.
Greener Than You Think|Ward MooreThere they entertained him with two bottles of cointreau and a stone demijohn of cornwhisky.
Greener Than You Think|Ward MooreGeorgie insisted on sparkling Moselle, and we had two bottles, and three rounds of Cointreau triple sec.
Nights in London|Thomas Burke
British Dictionary definitions for Cointreau
Cointreau
/ (ˈkwɑːntrəʊ) /
noun
trademark a colourless liqueur with orange flavouring
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