Pisco

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A liquor distilled from grapes (a brandy) made in wine-producing regions of Peru and Chile. It is the most widely consumed spirit in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A kind of brandy produced in Peru and Chile. uncountable

    "The casks of Pisco were kept down the after-hatchway, which, for this reason, was secured with bar and padlock."

Example

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"The casks of Pisco were kept down the after-hatchway, which, for this reason, was secured with bar and padlock."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pisco, from the name of the city Pisco, from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

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