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vin ordinaire

[ van nawr-dee-ner ]

noun

, French.
, plural vins or·di·naires [va, n, zaw, r, -dee-, ner].
  1. inexpensive table wine, usually of unspecified origin.


vin ordinaire

/ vɛ̃n ɔrdinɛr /

noun

  1. cheap table wine, esp French
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of vin ordinaire1

Literally, “ordinary wine”
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Example Sentences

His breakfast—the gaol-allowance of bread and vin ordinaire—was by his side.

The dinner was a simple one, consisting of soup, a joint, and two or three vegetables; the wines vin ordinaire and Burgundy.

A few couples were beginning to gyrate among the fumes of spaghetti and vin ordinaire.

The wine (vin ordinaire) sells here at six sous the bottle; it is poor in quality, yet by no means unpalatable.

Wine (the vin ordinaire) is here at six sous, or three-pence the bottle.

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