Liebfraumilch
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Liebfraumilch
1825–35; < German, after Liebfrauenstift convent of the Virgin, religious establishment in Worms, where the wine was first made; see milk ( German Milch )
Example Sentences
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Back in the 1970s, Americans were smitten with Liebfraumilch, of which treacly Blue Nun was the foremost brand.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2011
Neighbors come and go in his apartment, sipping Finley's favorite Liebfraumilch.
From Time Magazine Archive
Individually, they are as dissimilar as Chianti, Burgundy and Liebfraumilch.
From Time Magazine Archive
Between gulps of Liebfraumilch, he listens sympathetically to the troubles of the drinkers who huddle around his piano bar, treats each individually with an appropriate number drawn from a repertory of 2,000 songs.
From Time Magazine Archive
You drank cheap Liebfraumilch in plastic cups, calling it cocktails, and carved off hunks of Cheddar cheese with a Swiss Army knife.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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