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quaff

[kwof, kwaf, kwawf] / kwɒf, kwæf, kwɔf /


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Unruly salt-and-pepper hair in a long quaff, round glasses and broad smile give James Ortiz the look of a whimsical inventor, the kind that hides away in his workshop crafting extraordinary artifacts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

Juicy strawberries, wild herbs and a saline minerality combine for a refreshing, even invigorating quaff.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2021

But when it goes right, mistakes are forgiven; the diners perspire, devour, quaff and sing together, and then, only then, will business be done.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2019

Rich guys like him can quaff as many $1,000 bottles of Chateau Lafite Rothschild 2009 as they want, with twice as many calories per cup as Cherry Dr. Pepper.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2019

I'm in the midst of taking a quaff of my ale and I nearly spit it all over the table.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

Patent absurdity, of course, as much then as now — no matter how many 3D-printed organs we churn out, how long we extend our telomeres, nor how many quaffs of plasma we down.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2023

In other Trump paintings on view, Saul paints the president’s blonde quaffs floating around a canvas.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 19, 2020

Before the quaffs of Champagne, though, I had to do some legwork.

From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2016

Other popular quaffs of the day had names such as “Rattle-skull and Bombo, Cherry Bounce and Whistlebelly Vengeance.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2015

It lifts the coffin-lid and quaffs The musty air, and peers within, Displays a ring of ribs, and laughs Forever with its awful grin.

From Enamels and Cameos and other Poems by Agnes Lee

The son of wealthy Venezuelan Marxists, Ramírez quaffed champagne and chased women like the most sybaritic of bourgeois youth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

And Ken No. 2 star Liu commented on his doll’s perfectly quaffed hair: “I’m a little jealous to be honest.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

The Blonds partnered with Preciosa for the crystals seen in the show, Christian Louboutin for the custom shoes and Oribe Hair Care for the quaffed wigs, Blond said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2023

Scientific protocols were carefully followed, Rowley said, and no one quaffed mules until the research was over.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2022

Chiswyck cackled, quaffed his ale, and wiped the foam away with the back of his hand.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

They were chatting with each other on the Signal app as they chowed down on steaks at the Palm while Hegseth white-knuckled it through everyone else at his table quaffing their Martinis and Negronis.

From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025

The fans merrily quaffing Pimm’s in their expensive seats certainly got two very different matches for their money on Thursday.

From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2021

Hirscher spoke Sunday night, at a long table next to a bar at Austria House, wearing red sneakers and jeans, surrounded by men quaffing sweet wine and Stiegl.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2018

As for Clinton, last seen in Youngstown on Saturday night, talking to entrepreneurs, then quaffing a beer during a local bar's early St. Patrick's Day event?

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2016

The men, having nothing to do, improved their time by enjoying themselves; they stood about the street, or lounged at their doors, smoking their short pipes and quaffing draughts of beer.

From A Life's Secret A Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood




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