vin ordinaire
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of vin ordinaire
Literally, “ordinary wine”
Example Sentences
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“There I discovered a love of couscous, vin ordinaire, Gauloise cigarettes and those otherworldly Citroen sedans,” he wrote.
From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2021
The French abstain when they can from their ill-tasting tap water in favor of vin ordinaire, and abhor the ice water that Americans call for.
From Time Magazine Archive
Formerly the solution used to consist in exporting largely to the U. S., although our imports of French beverages were in large measure fine wines rather than the lowly and humble "vin ordinaire."
From Time Magazine Archive
Next day Destiny rapped at F�lix Gouin's office door, strode past his black poodle Jim, and confronted him above the coffee, cheese, apple and bottle of vin ordinaire upon his desk.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was more thirsty for music than for vin ordinaire or cordiale Médoc.
From The Soul of the War by Gibbs, Philip
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