pinard

American  

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

noun

French Informal.

plural

pinards

1. wine.

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Example Sentences

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

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

There are perhaps only two things that can in any way upset the perfect indifference to difficulties of the French trooper: he hates to walk, and he refuses to be deprived of his "pinard."

From The White Road to Verdun by Burke, Kathleen

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 the remaining sous we squandered on a glass apiece of red acrid pinard, gravely and with great happiness pledging the hostess of the occasion and then each other.

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