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‖ goldwasser|ˈgɔldvasər|
[G., lit. ‘gold water’.]
A liqueur originally made at Danzig (see quot. 1958).
[1848Mrs. Gaskell Mary Barton II. xiv. 180 He produced a square bottle of smuggled spirits, labelled ‘Golden Wasser’, from a corner cupboard.] 1920G. Saintsbury Notes on Cellar-Bk. ix. 140, I hope that the rather unsettled fate of Dantzic will not dry up the fount of Goldwasser, which pleased sight and smell and taste alike. 1945C. S. Forester Commodore xviii. 198 Bavarian beer, Swedish schnapps, Danzig goldwasser—he had drunk of them all. 1958A. L. Simon Dict. Wines 83/2 Goldwasser..is a highly rectified spirit, flavoured with aniseed, cinnamon, and a number of herbs and spices... Its outstanding feature is that it contains a large number of very small pieces of gold leaf or yellow and gold-like pieces. |