dessert wine
noun
a sweet wine served with dessert or sometimes after a meal.
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Nearby words
dessalines, jean jacques, dessau, dessert, dessert fork, dessert knife, dessert wine, dessertspoon, dessertspoonful, dessiatine, destabilize, destain
Origin of dessert wine
First recorded in 1765–75
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