vermouth cassis

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noun

a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.

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Origin of vermouth cassis

From French; see origin at vermouth, crème de cassis

Words nearby vermouth cassis

vermis, vermivorous, Vermont, Vermonter, vermouth, vermouth cassis, Vern, Verna, vernacular, vernacularism, vernacularize

How to use vermouth cassis in a sentence

Gin and white vermouth shaken with salted pomegranate syrup, dappled with rosewater.
Best Career Arc Ever: From Burlesque To Bartending|Anne Berry|September 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The drinks here, like the Blackwatch (with Johnny Walker Black, creme de cassis, and Becherovka), are far from pedantic.
New York City’s Best New Hotspots This Spring|Sara Sayed, Valeriya Safronova|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Campari, Vermouth, and elderflower have all been used throughout history to treat measles, inflammatory diseases, and more.
Lights, Camera, Cocktails|Brody Brown|September 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But then I had another startling revelation—one that could not be so easily washed off with vermouth… 48.
Life as the 'PC Guy'|The Daily Beast Video|November 9, 2009|DAILY BEAST

And so did Val Clayton, who also came that year, merely in order to see what sort of vermouth they sold at the other hotels.
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions
After dinner, when the coffee and cassis had been drunk, Madame Regnier invited Stella to play to them.
Sinister Street, vol. 1|Compton Mackenzie
Vermouth and absinthe had been served to whet their appetites, and every one had been at once put into good spirits.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.|Guy de Maupassant
The poets, as soon as they had had vermouth and biscottini di Novara, also went away.
The Devourers|Annie Vivanti Chartres
Now be a good girl, Priscilla, and please dear don't drink straight vermouth—remember what happened last time.
A Parody Outline of History|Donald Ogden Stewart