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Some crabs in thick green liquid
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absinth
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. strong green liqueur flavored with wormwood and anise [syn: absinthe ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Absinth \Ab"sinth`\, Absinthe \Ab"sinthe`\ ([a^]b"s[i^]nth`), n. The plant absinthium or common wormwood. A strong spirituous liqueur made from wormwood and brandy or alcohol. Absinthe makes the tart grow fonder. --Ernest Dowson
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternate form of absinthe English)
Usage examples of absinth.
He felt in no mood for conversation, and as he sipped his absinth he let his mind run rather sorrowfully over the past few weeks of his life.
If he smoked too many cigarettes and drank too much absinth it was because he took civilization as he found it, and did the things that he found his civilized brothers doing.
He was sitting in a music hall one evening, sipping his absinth and admiring the art of a certain famous Russian dancer, when he caught a passing glimpse of a pair of evil black eyes upon him.
In this subduing Draught of tender green And kindly Absinth, with its wimpling Sheen Of dusky half-lights, let me drown The haunting Pathos of the Might-Have-Been.