chasse-café
Syllables: chasse-ca·fé/ˌʃaskaˈfeɪ/US/ˌʃæskæˈfeɪ/
chasse-café noun: a small serving of spirits taken to remove the taste of coffee, tobacco, etc.
Noun
chasse-café (plural chasse-cafés)
- A small serving of spirits taken to remove the taste of coffee, tobacco, etc.
- "[…] And here comes tea and coffee—may as well have some, I suppose it will be all the same price. And what's this?" eyeing a lot of liqueur glasses full of eau de vie. "Chasse café, Monsieur," said the garçon. "Chasse cafe—chasse cafe—what's that? Oh, I twig—what we call 'shove in the mouth' at...1833 May, “a Yorkshireman” [pseudonym], “A Trip to Paris with Mr. Jorrocks”, in The New Sporting Magazine, volume V, number XXV, London: Baldwin & Cradock [et al.], →OCLC, page 42
- The business of the drama is now over, and by way of epilogue, you toss off a demi-tasse of café noir, with its accompanying petit verre de liqueur, which has been appositely termed chasse-café, from the peculiar rapidity it usually exhibits in following that aromatic beverage. […] Such are the...1838, [Hezekiah Hartley Wright], chapter XXI, in Desultory Reminiscences of a Tour through Germany, Switzerland, and France. By an American, Boston, Mass.: William D[avis] Ticknor; Philadelphia, Pa....
- Synonyms:
- chasse, pousse-café
Examples of chasse-café in a sentence
- Sir Louis began by ordering the woman to bring him chasse-café.1858, Anthony Trollope, “Sir Louis Leaves Greshamsbury”, in Doctor Thorne. […], volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 118:
- As a chasse-café I banged out for him my arrangement of the Tic-tac Tarantelle by [Alexander] Dargomizhsky.1880 January 3, Franz Liszt, “1880 [chapter title]”, in William R[oyall] Tyler, transl., The Letters of Franz Liszt to Olga von Meyendorff...
Synonyms of chasse-café
Forms of chasse-café
| plural | chasse-cafés |
|---|---|
| alternative form | chasse café |
Origin of chasse-café
Borrowed from French chasse-café (literally “coffee-chaser”).
Words that rhyme with chasse-café
Questions about chasse-café
- What does chasse-café mean?
- Chasse-café means a small serving of spirits taken to remove the taste of coffee, tobacco, etc.
- How do you use chasse-café in a sentence?
- Sir Louis began by ordering the woman to bring him chasse-café.
- What part of speech is chasse-café?
- Chasse-café is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chasse-café?
- Chasse-café is pronounced /ˌʃaskaˈfeɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chasse-café?
- The plural of chasse-café is chasse-cafés.
Words near chasse-café in the dictionary
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