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curacoa

WordNet
  1. (n) curacoa
    flavored with sour orange peel
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Curaçoa
    A liqueur, or cordial, flavored with the peel from the sour orange, and sometimes with cinnamon and mace; -- first made at the island of Curaçcao.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Curacoa
    koo-ra-sō′a a liqueur so named from the island of Curaçao in the West Indies, where it was first made
  2. Curacoa
    Also Curaça′o
Usage in literature

It was the mixed curacoa and brandy which gave George Hotspur the courage to make the request contained in his postscript. "Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite" by Anthony Trollope

On the passage to Hakodadi the "Cleopatra" and "Curacoa" each lost a poor fellow, of cholera. "In Eastern Seas" by J. J. Smith

He then pursued his voyage along the coast, passed the island of Curacoa, and penetrated into the deep gulf to the south. "The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831" by Various

You will find some capital Curacoa in that stand of bottles there. "Captain Brand of the "Centipede"" by H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise

Mere Madou, hast got curacoa there? "Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850." by Various

Plombiere of Maraschino Curacoa 57 227. "Desserts and Salads" by Gesine Lemcke

We are all wicked at Mrs. Lloyd's; we drink Hock and we sip Curacoa. "The House in Town" by Susan Warner

I felt as if I could take a little curacoa myself, but on second thoughts called for brandy. "The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25)" by Robert Louis Stevenson

Well then, come, try the least drop of Curacoa. "Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853)" by Various

Mere Madou, has got curacoa there? "Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune" by Charles James Lever