plural schnapps
: any of various liquors of high alcoholic content
especially
: strong Holland gin
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Strolling around with a glass of warm wine or local schnapps, shopping, grazing and taking it all in is a great way to explore a place like Vienna, Brussels or Prague.
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Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Passing around a strange mixture of peach schnapps, vodka, and orange juice, the girls had told one another secrets and fears while Frankie watched in woozy fascination.
—Ruby Opalka, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2024
As the sky turns purple-ish, Ellen cheerily serves foraged nettle and spinach soup; chanterelle, ricotta and sage ravioli; and a creamy take on the local dessert of blueberries with milk and sugar, washed down with schnapps infused with mugwort and dill.
—Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2023
Along the way, greeters offer free shots of cherry schnapps that taste, I’m reliably told, like cough syrup cut with paint thinner.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
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Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Passing around a strange mixture of peach schnapps, vodka, and orange juice, the girls had told one another secrets and fears while Frankie watched in woozy fascination.
—Ruby Opalka, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2024
As the sky turns purple-ish, Ellen cheerily serves foraged nettle and spinach soup; chanterelle, ricotta and sage ravioli; and a creamy take on the local dessert of blueberries with milk and sugar, washed down with schnapps infused with mugwort and dill.
—Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2023
Along the way, greeters offer free shots of cherry schnapps that taste, I’m reliably told, like cough syrup cut with paint thinner.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Schnapps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schnapps. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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