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Brandy
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brandy
English
Alternative forms
en Brandi
Pronunciation
en /ˈbɹændi/ GA
Proper noun
en female English derived from brandy, an alcoholic liquor. Mostly seen in American usage during the 1970s and 1980s.
en Luke Vander Ploeg Can You Drive Alone in the H.O.V. Lane if You’re Pregnant? A Post-Roe Quandary. w:The New York Times 2022-07-12 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/12/us/pregnant-woman-hov-lane-roe-wade.html 0362-4331 Last month, Brandy Bottone of Plano, Texas, was pulled over by a Dallas sheriff’s deputy and given a ticket for driving alone in a high-occupancy vehicle lane. https://web.archive.org/web/20220716085516/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/12/us/pregnant-woman-hov-lane-roe-wade.html
German
Etymology
de en brandy, shortened form of en brandywine.
Pronunciation
de /ˈbʁɛndi/
de De-Brandy.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,s,s
brandy, brandywine
de Branntwein archaic Weinbrand
Declension
m,s,s
Further reading
de Distilled beverages