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piquette

cheap wine

noun pee-KET Rare
Food & Drink Drinks

Also means

plonk

Usage Note

Piquette originally denoted a thin, sour wine made by adding water to pressed grape skins. Today it is used colloquially and dismissively for any low-quality wine — c'est de la piquette means 'it's rubbish (wine)'. By extension, prendre une piquette means 'to get thrashed' (in a game or contest), a colourful figurative use.

Examples

"Ce vin est vraiment de la piquette."

Natural Translation

This wine is really cheap plonk.

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