cold duck
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of German kalte Ente,[1] from kalten Ende (“cold end”).[2] Attested in English from the 1960s,[1] see quotations below.
Noun[edit]
- A sparkling red wine, often made by blending champagne with red wine, sometimes with additional flavorings added.
- 1966, Wines and Vines, volume 47, page 43:
- I would like to give Cold Duck a special mention because it was discovered by me personally—along with some two million Detroiters who at that time were the only Americans who’d ever heard of or enjoyed it.
- 1997 June 22, Michale Brett, “Montana celebrations with Beatles and Cold Duck”, in Sunday Star-Times, Wellington, New Zealand, page E 10:
- Many young or new to the industry at last week’s party may have wondered what it was all about — the Beatles songs, the bright-eyed dancers, the re-introduction of a sparkling red wine called Cold Duck.
- 2004 December 1, Virginie Boone, quoting Karen MacNeil, “Celebrate red: beyond the horror that was cold duck”, in Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, page D1:
- “My family drank cold duck every Thanksgiving and, being a kid, I loved it. It was so sweet, so cheap, the kind of thing a kid could love,” she said.
- 2023 June 24, “Many of you wrote to me with your own tales of domestic crimes”, in The Mercury, Hobart, Tasmania, page 4:
- Thank you, Rosie, I now have a lovely image of your husband arriving at the Pearly Gates, with his swinging Safari Suit tucked under one arm, and a bottle of Cold Duck under the other, asking where the Fondue Party is.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “cold duck”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “Zurück zur Bowle! [Back to the punch bowl!]”, in Rhein Zeitung (in German), 2009 July 23
