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Definition of Cognacs
1. cognac [n] - See also: cognac
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cognacs
Literary usage of Cognacs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Franco-American Commerce: Statements and Arguments in Behalf of American by San Francisco Chamber of Commerce (1879)
"Let the reader remember that, strictly speaking, cognacs, as known to the trade,
... This is much superior in every respect to the so called cognacs. ..."
2. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"Genuine cognacs are usually rich in volatile impurities, the coefficient of
impurity permitting of their distinction from non-genuine samples prepared from ..."
3. New Judea: Jewish Life in Modern Palestine and Egypt by Benjamin Lee Gordon (1919)
"It has also a large workshop for the making of wooden vessels used for the
exporting of wines and cognacs. Most of the colonists that are engaged in wine ..."
4. Report by Cape of Good Hope (Colony). Dept. of Agriculture (1907)
"46, 47, 49 and 50 appear to be genuine cognacs, and No. 48 a genuine V>randy.J In
the whiskies, no adulteration is indicated by the chemical analysis. ..."
5. In and Out of Three Normandy Inns by Anna Bowman Dodd (1892)
"Deux cognacs ? Victor — deux cognacs et une demi-tasse pour monsieur ! " These and
a hundred other answers and questions and orders, were uttered in a ..."
6. Physiological Aspects of the Liquor Problem by Wilbur Olin Atwater (1903)
"The Peru balsam in these quantities is not a dangerous by-product, — not as much
so as others present in cognacs made by the usual processes. ..."
7. Official Catalogue of Exhibitors (1915)
"GROUP 120 WINES AND BRANDIES Collective Exhibit of the Charente» Brandies
Brugerolle, Leopold—Mutha. Brandies. Carre-Bonvalet, René. cognacs. ..."
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