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Meanings of claret in English

Catalan
vi claret

Dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine.

        vi claret
        Usage of claret in English
        1
        He said the issue was a storm in a Westminster claret glass.
        The Guardian
        2
        Dunstan swallowed the claret; the casual question had slipped through his guard.
        Honour This Day
        3
        She will receive a Berry Bros & Rudd mixed case of claret.
        The Irish Times
        4
        She will receive a Berry Brothers & Rudd mixed case of claret.
        The Irish Times
        5
        It was filled with mulled claret, to the amazement of the Prussians.
        Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1
        6
        Doyle had grasped his glass of claret and taken a deep draught.
        White fire
        7
        Dissolve half a pound of loaf-sugar in half a pint of claret.
        Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
        8
        A little light claret or Rhine wine may be allowed; nothing more.
        The Golden Calf
        9
        It is also full of juice, which resembles in colour claret wine.
        The Book of Household Management
        10
        The water was almost exhausted, so also was the cask of claret.
        Sunshine Bill
        11
        He reached under the table and then produced a decanter of claret.
        Honour This Day
        12
        It was before the days of cigarettes, and claret was plentifully imbibed.
        Tracks of a Rolling Stone
        13
        I'm not convinced about the traditional choice of claret for the bird.
        The Irish Times
        14
        The night was dark, the claret had been good, and I thirsty.
        The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs,...
        15
        When taken with claret and sugar it makes delicious wine and water.
        Domestic Manners of the Americans
        16
        No claret ever tastes so good as the decanter he circulates himself.
        Lord Kilgobbin
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        Catalan
        vi claret
        Claret through the time
        Claret across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common