straw wine

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noun

a usually rich or sweet wine produced from grapes partially dried on the vine or picked and dried in the sun on a bed of straw or reeds.

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Origin of straw wine

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby straw wine

straw poll, Strawson, straw that breaks the camel's back, straw vote, strawweight, straw wine, strawworm, strawy, straw yellow, stray, Strayhorn

How to use straw wine in a sentence

Most of it is taken up by a graphic inviting the visitor to participate in the 2016 online presidential straw poll.
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I guess we know how Bacchus kept his title as the god of wine and intoxication.
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Exactly one month after the first straw goat was erected in Gävle, it was mysteriously burned to a crisp.
Sweden’s Burning Christmas Goat|Nina Strochlic|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The possibilities seem endless: Who needs a trip to the liquor store when the toddler can turn water into wine, amirite?
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All Champagne is sparkling wine but not all sparkling wine is Champagne.
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Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
HE ordered a lunch which he thought the girl would like, with wine to revive the faculties that he knew must be failing.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
And when wine had unselfed my noble father, you received his passionate insults with forbearance and forgiveness!
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
He reached up for her big, rough straw hat that hung on a peg outside the door, and put it on her head.
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In fact, so much of her smooth brow as could be seen under a broad-brimmed straw hat was wrinkled in a decided frown.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy

British Dictionary definitions for straw wine

straw wine

noun

any of several wines made from grapes dried on straw mats to increase their sugar strength

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