pinard
Americannoun
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pinards
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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 E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings
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 Kathleen Burke
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 Kathleen Burke
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 E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings
"It's worth starving to death on singe and pinard for four months."
From One Man's Initiation—1917 by John Dos Passos
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