Word | retsina |
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Definition | n. A kind of white wine flavored with pine resin (originally used to seal the container). |
Sentence | At that moment [Arthur] remembered that in the bag he was now carrying was not only a can of Greek olive oil but a duty-free allowance of retsina, and in the pleasurable shock of that realization he failed to notice for at least ten seconds that he was now flying again. |
Source | Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe, and Everything, ch. 20 |
Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary
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