Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A brownish sloe-flavored French liqueur.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of small and very acid French plum; -- applied especially to the stoned and dried fruit.
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- noun A kind of small and very
acid French plum , especially when stoned and dried.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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While she rang for the taxi, he filled his pipe and poured himself a small glass of prunelle.
Maigret and Monsieur Charles Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1972
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In the end he got up, like someone who has had enough, threw the book on to the table, and, opening the sideboard in the dining-room, took the bottle of prunelle and filled one of the little gilt-edged glasses.
Maigret has Scruples Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1958
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-- _ "Toujours en menageant, comme la prunelle de ses yeux, le gouvernement revolutionnaire."
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= From the French _prunelle_, which means plum, a stout worsted material named from its color, which is a purplish shade similar to that of a ripe plum.
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-- _ "Toujours en menageant, comme la prunelle de ses yeux, le gouvernement revolutionnaire."
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Vrai nid d'une bergere; Car c'est dans sa prunelle
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Vrai nid d'une bergere; Car c'est dans sa prunelle
Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843
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Vrai nid d’une bergere; Car c’est dans sa prunelle
Les Miserables 2008
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“I’d love a drop of prunelle … Unless Pardon takes the glass out of my hand …”
Maigret on the Defensive Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1964
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"She had tried hyssop and pennyroyal masked in two waters, but I gave her sal prunelle and told her to suck it till the cough stopped.
Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro
reesetee commented on the word prunelle
A sweet French liqueur distilled from plums.
February 25, 2007