apple brandy

English

Etymology

Compound of apple +‎ brandy. Attested from the 18th century.

Noun

apple brandy (countable and uncountable, plural apple brandies)

  1. A type of brandy made from apples.
    • 1735 June 5, JA. Ashley, Grub-Street Journal, London, page 3:
      Let me adviſe all ſuch, as they value their own Credit, and the Succeſs of their Undertaking, to have no Dealings with Apple Brandy Makers, D__ll__ers, nor with Brandy Adulterers of any Sort, nor in any Shape whatever.
    • 2024 May 11, “FRIDAY Satellite, cable & sport”, in Radio Times, page 106:
      9.00 New Moonshiners: Amanda and Kelly attempt to make a famous Appalachian apple brandy

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