pinard

American  

[pee-nar, pee-nahr] / piˈnar, piˈnɑr /

noun

French Informal.

pinards plural

1. wine.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• pinards
  plural

Example Sentences

The men of the French army have named their red wine pinard, just as they call water la flotte, always, however, being careful to add that la flotte is excellent "for washing one's feet."

From The White Road to Verdun by Burke, Kathleen

The older bought a great many things in the next five minutes: sausage, cheese, bread, chocolate, pinard rouge.

From The Enormous Room by Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)

And for dinner we had potage vermicelli, œfs bechamel, jambon aux epinards, chouxfleur au jus, duchesse chocolat, fruits, dessert, caf� and, of course, champagne and pinard.

From The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces by Broun, Heywood

The sac full of suspicious letters which I bore on my shoulder was not so light as I had thought, but the kick of the Briouse pinard thrust me forward at a good clip.

From The Enormous Room by Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)

"It's worth starving to death on singe and pinard for four months."

From One Man's Initiation—1917 by Dos Passos, John