table wine

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noun

a wine that contains not more than 14 percent alcohol and is usually served as an accompaniment to food.

Origin of table wine

First recorded in 1820–30

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Related Words for table wine

plonk

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Historical Examples of table wine

Several times I have caught her drinking the table-wine and eating our prunes.
A Chambermaid's Diary
Octave Mirbeau
This last takes its title from a village in the neighbourhood of Tirano, where a table-wine is chiefly grown.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece
John Addington Symonds

British Dictionary definitions for table wine

table wine

noun

a wine considered suitable for drinking with a meal

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