ardent spirits

American  

plural noun

1. strong alcoholic liquors made by distillation, as brandy, whiskey, or gin.

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ardent spirits British  

plural noun

1. spirits, such as rum, whisky, etc

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Etymology

Origin of ardent spirits

First recorded in 1790–1800

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Example Sentences

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ardent spirits

Yet the nation's most famous glutton spurned ardent spirits for orange juice and lemon pop.

From Time Magazine Archive

The infant may cry for its mother’s milk, and for nourishing food, but none was ever heard to cry for ardent spirits.

From Select Temperance Tracts by American Tract Society

The promises of commercial, religious, and political tolerance had produced little effect on the more ardent spirits.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson

On an intensely cold night, when all the men of that vessel were in danger of freezing to death, the master advised them to drink no ardent spirits.

From Select Temperance Tracts by American Tract Society

It has attacked the Sunday mails, assaulted Free Masonry, triumphed over the intemperate use of ardent spirits, and finally engaged in an onslaught upon the slavery of the South.

From History of American Abolitionism by F. G. de Fontaine

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