sangaree
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of sangaree
C18: from Spanish sangría a bleeding, from sangre blood, from Latin sanguis; see sanguine
Example Sentences
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Spiced wines were much sold at taverns, sangaree and mulled wines.
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All this Jean told me and more, while she urged upon me the laziest chair, and brought sangaree and spiced cake to refresh me.
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After coming to this just and logical conclusion, the alcalde took a draught of sangaree, and then again turned to the escribano.
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There was porcupine marmalade, sorghum foam, salads, nut and cheese cakes, macaroon paste, floating-island, syllabub, and sangaree.
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When Johnny Cake had finished his indignant repudiation of the port wine sangaree amid the cheering of his fellow members, Mr. James George Boggs arose.
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