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claret
synonyms for claret
- blooming
- cerise
- crimson
- blushing
- bright red
- dark red
- erubescent
- incarnadine
- reddish
- rosy
- rubescent
- rubicund
- ruddy
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How to use claret in a sentence
claret for boys, port for men, and brandy for heroes, according to Dr. Johnson, and Hitch went for the heroic.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTclaret, now synonymous with fine red Bordeaux, derives from the Latin word for “clear” and “pale-colored.”
Mrs. Buller cooked a braised saddle of veal and delicious it was too served with a rich gravy flavored with claret.
And so the battle opens, and for many mortal hours, amid rounds of claret, rages over and over again.
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches | William Makepeace ThackerayIt annoys me dreadfully: and yet if I take a glass of claret, I have a headache the next day!
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonThe dinner was well dressed, and the Madeira and claret (the only wines produced), of the best quality.
Newton Forster | Captain Frederick MarryatHe was far from a great eater, and I never noticed him drink anything at dinner but claret, which is not an intoxicating beverage.
Reminiscences of Charles Bradlaugh | George W. FooteBut he was pleased, nevertheless; and presently he asked me, not unamiably, to punish his claret again.
In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. Chambers
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