Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A vinegar made by the acetification of cider.
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Examples
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I make a spinach salad with marinated red onions and oranges with a cider-vinegar dressing
Spinach Salad Sara 2006
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These trees are usually good standard varieties which have been the source of much apple "sass," many an apple pie, and many a barrel of cider-vinegar.
Apple Growing M. C. Burritt
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Make a strong brine, strong enough to bear up an egg; pour it over them boiling hot, let them stand over night, in the morning pour off the brine and wipe the cucumbers dry, put them in a preserving kettle and pour over them enough cider-vinegar to cover them; put in also the following spices for four hundred pickles:
The Community Cook Book Anonymous
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On these little occasions, after discussing the merits of cider-vinegar and homemade pumpkin pies, and the care respectable people should exercise over the company they kept, for there was pure New England "grit" in the lady, she would recur to her dear husband.
The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family A. R. [Illustrator] Waud
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His voice was at that moment heard above the rest, -- sharp, but thin, like bad cider-vinegar.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 Various
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You call that stuff, -- that which grew right behind my own barn, an 'which has had a lantern above it in the dead of night, -- grated up by my own hands, an' with a pint of the best cider-vinegar in the country dancing through its veins?
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Good cider-vinegar is best; three spoonfuls to one of soda.
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His voice was at that moment heard above the rest, -- sharp, but thin, like bad cider-vinegar.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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His voice was at that moment heard above the rest, -- sharp, but thin, like bad cider-vinegar.
Elsie Venner Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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On the lighter side, tabbouleh pops with fresh mint and parsley, and the light, irresistible coleslaw has a cool cider-vinegar bite.
www.startribune.com 2012
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