What does piquette mean?
Piquette means A drink of marc and water..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A drink of marc and water..
At dinner Pierre takes a glass of piquette, saying that they had too much wine the day before (the fête day). I look at Charles, and he has piquette too.
She gave him a glass of piquette and a hunch of bread.
The latter is usually utilized in the South of France for the production of piquettes, or the manufacture of spirit; the alcohol may be obtained by direct distillation or by the distillation of the piquettes. […] Through the same procedure the third vessel charged with the liquid from the second will yield a piquette containing 8·75 per cent. of alcohol, and the fourth vessel charged with the liquid from the third will yield a piquette containing 9·5 per cent.
With bread for his soup, a bottle of piquette on the table, onions and potatoes, he can carry on.
The men were given a daily ration of a small bottle of piquette or watered down wine with their lunch and evening meal.
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Piquette means A drink of marc and water..
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At dinner Pierre takes a glass of piquette, saying that they had too much wine the day before (the fête day). I look at Charles, and he has piquette too.
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