‖ cointreau
(kwæ̃tro, ˈkwɒntrəʊ, ˈkwɑːn-)
Also Cointreau.
[F., proprietary name.]
A colourless orange-flavoured liqueur; also, a glass of this. Cf. cura{cced}ao.
| 1920 Berry Bros. & Co. Catal. 14 Cointreau. 1928 Sunday Dispatch 2 Dec. 4 The best concocted cocktail..contained brandy, gin, whisky, cointreau, French vermouth, [etc.]. 1942 ‘N. Shute’ Pied Piper 17 Then he took a cup of coffee and a cointreau in the café. 1946 ‘S. Russell’ To Bed with Grand Music iii. 49 The coffee and the cointreau had been placed on the table. 1959 J. Braine Vodi xxi. 234 It wasn't..the Turkish coffee or the Cointreau, but his almost childish delight at being there with her. |