brandy

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1. brandy - Noun

2. brandy - Verb

3. Brandy - Proper noun

Meaning

A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. Samuel Johnson

I hate brandy...it stinks of modern literature. Harold Pinter

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter. Jenny Joseph

If the bathroom and a brandy cannot help a man, then death is imminent. Finnish Proverb

Give me, Lord, my daily bread, I will get my own brandy. Yiddish Proverb

Give me, Lord, my daily bread, I will get my own brandy. Jewish Proverb

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