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Schnapps  n.  Holland gin. (U.S.)





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"Schnapps" Quotes from Famous Books



... Uhlanen Sit round mit open mouth While Breitmann tell dem stdories Of fightin' in the South; Und gif dem moral lessons, How before der battle pops, Take a little prayer to Himmel Und a goot long drink of Schnapps. ...
— Soldier Stories • Rudyard Kipling
 
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... of our acquaintance was he any sort of a sociable companion. He was very hard upon the sailors under him, and was much addicted to the use of strong language. I admit that I was an absolute "muff" in those days, and Jensen was quick to grasp the fact. He was very fond of schnapps, whilst I hated the smell of the stuff. Moreover, he was a great smoker, and here again our ...
— The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont - as told by Himself • Louis de Rougemont
 
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... Abe Potash remarked a week after the slump in Interstate Copper. "He got to hire a drummer by the name Walsh yet. That feller's idee of entertaining a customer is to go into Wasserbauer's and to drink all the schnapps in stock. I bet yer when Walsh gets through, he don't know which is the customer and which is the ...
— Potash & Perlmutter - Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures • Montague Glass
 
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... while you wait for better things and muse on schnapps and salad, I'll try my Pegasus his wings and sing a little ballad: A legend of your ancestors, the Wise Men of the East, Who brought among their baggage train a ...
— The Poems of Henry Van Dyke • Henry Van Dyke
 
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... contemplating his own superiority. 'Drink!' repeated the engineer with amiable scorn: he was hanging on with both hands to the rail, a shadowy figure with flexible legs. 'Not from you, captain. You're far too mean, b'gosh. You would let a good man die sooner than give him a drop of schnapps. That's what you Germans call economy. Penny wise, pound foolish.' He became sentimental. The chief had given him a four-finger nip about ten o'clock—'only one, s'elp me!'—good old chief; but as to ...
— Lord Jim • Joseph Conrad
 
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Words linked to "Schnapps" :   John Barleycorn, strong drink, spirits, hard drink, booze



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