Borrowed into English from German around 1790–1800
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Cutlets and roast fowls made their appearance, with bottles of Rüdesheimer and Lafitte, followed by a dessert of superb Persian melons, from the southern shore of the Caspian Sea.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 by Various
German Exile Walter makes this romantic symphony as light and clear as Rudesheimer Schlossberg.
From Time Magazine Archive
At least, Jacobus Kirchelheimer said so—and he ought to know, for he was a first-rate fellow, and sent me over and above the price agreed upon, a dozen bottles of Rudesheimer.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
The Margrave of Rudesheimer was a slender man of elegant appearance.
From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
I thought of the Rudesheimer, and then dismissed it from my mind.
From Fiddles 1909 by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
The judge lost his temper; and Essper George took the opportunity of the confusion to drink off the glass of Rudesheimer which stood, as we have mentioned, ready charged, at the magistrate's elbow.
From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
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