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Definition of Schnaps
1. Noun. Any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes.
Generic synonyms: Booze, Hard Drink, Hard Liquor, John Barleycorn, Liquor, Spirits, Strong Drink
Definition of Schnaps
1. schnapps [n SCHNAPS] - See also: schnapps
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schnaps
Literary usage of Schnaps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Studies in Literature by Edward Dowden (1895)
"The greybeard Martin, however, is no disciple of this egoistic philosophy of good
sense; and wily gossip schnaps knows how to play upon the old man's ..."
2. A Trip to Europe and the Facts Gleaned on the Way: Observations, Narratives by Jonathan B. Fisher (1911)
"The greater-lhe quantity of "schnaps'' distilled the higher the rate of the tax.
... By these facts you can ascertain that "schnaps" sells •At a low figure ..."
3. The Anti-alcohol Movement in Europe by Ernest Barron Gordon (1913)
"Italians who come to the Leoben iron works to labour soon fall into the schnaps
habit. . . . Bohemia reckons 25292 notorious drunkards with 55876 children, ..."
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