apple brandy

noun

A type of brandy made from apples.

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Meanings

nounapple brandy (countable and uncountable, plural apple brandies)

plural apple brandies

  1. countableuncountableA type of brandy made from apples.

    9.00 New Moonshiners: Amanda and Kelly attempt to make a famous Appalachian apple brandy

    2024 May 11, “FRIDAY Satellite, cable & sport”, in Radio Times, page 106
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    Let me adviſe all ſuch, as they value their own Credit, and the Succeſs of their Undertaking, to have no Dealings with Apple Brandy Makers, D__ll__ers, nor with Brandy Adulterers of any Sort, nor in any Shape whatever.

    1735 June 5, JA. Ashley, Grub-Street Journal, London, page 3

Origin

Compound of apple + brandy. Attested from the 18th century.

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Translations

Catalan aiguardent de sidra
  • aiguardent de sidrabrandy made from apples
Czech jablkovice, jabkovice
  • jablkovicebrandy made from apples
  • jabkovicebrandy made from apples
Dutch appelbrandewijn, calvados
  • appelbrandewijnbrandy made from apples
  • calvadosbrandy made from apples
Finnish omenaviina
  • omenaviinabrandy made from apples
Hungarian almapálinka
  • almapálinkabrandy made from apples
Polish brandy jabłkowa
  • brandy jabłkowabrandy made from apples
Portuguese brandy de maçã
  • brandy de maçãbrandy made from apples
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Chicago

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