pisco
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pisco
1840–50, < Spanish
Example Sentences
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She welcomed him home with a bottle of pisco, Peru's national drink.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2025
Order a pisco sour, and the egg white froth is inscribed with the word Causa with the help of a stencil and citrus ash, a sustainable alternative to bitters.
From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2022
And then, after all that, and although finer pisco is quite sippable on its own, people often just make a cocktail out of it.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2022
The 2014 summit in Lima, Peru, had an outdoor pisco sour bar.
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021
At the La Caravedo winery, which is more than three centuries old, pisco producer Johnny Schuler says the pandemic “has had a brutal effect” on sales.
From Washington Times • Oct. 1, 2020
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