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schnapps

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English

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from German Schnaps.

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    Noun

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    schnapps (usually uncountable, plural schnappses or schnapps)

    1. (uncountable) A type of distilled alcoholic beverage (liquor), often with a herbal or fruit flavoring, typically drunk neat as an apéritif or digestif.
      apple schnapps; peach schnapps
    2. (countable) A serving of this beverage.
      • 2009, Colin Broderick, Orangutan: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 3:
        “What happened?” “You drank about a bottle of vodka and ten peppermint schnapps is what happened. Come on, up.”

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    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing from German Schnaps, with spelling influenced by English schnapps.

    Noun

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    schnapps m (invariable)

    1. alternative spelling of schnaps