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wine thief

wine thief noun: a pipette used to remove small amounts of wine from a cask in order to taste or test it.

wine thief: a pipette used to remove small amounts of wine from a cask in order to taste or test it
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Noun

wine thief (plural wine thieves)

  1. A pipette used to remove small amounts of wine from a cask in order to taste or test it

Forms of wine thief

pluralwine thieves

Questions about wine thief

What does wine thief mean?
Wine thief means a pipette used to remove small amounts of wine from a cask in order to taste or test it.
What part of speech is wine thief?
Wine thief is a noun.
What is the plural of wine thief?
The plural of wine thief is wine thieves.

Words near wine thief in the dictionary

  1. wine stopper
  2. wine stoppers
  3. wine taster
  4. wine tasters
  5. wine tears
  6. wine thief
  7. wine thieves
  8. wine tosser
  9. wine tossers
  10. wine trough
  11. wine troughs

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