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bitters

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bitters, various alcoholic beverages containing bitter principles, such as angostura bark, cascarilla, quassia, gentian, orange, quinine, and other flavoring agents, and prepared by infusion or distillation. They are used as appetizers, digestives, and flavoring for mixed drinks and frequently attain an alcoholic strength of 40%.
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Whether Mrs Blifil had been surfeited with the sweets of marriage, or disgusted by its bitters, or from what other cause it proceeded, I will not determine; but she could never be brought to listen to any second proposals.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
"A mixture of absinth and some West Indian bitters," Granet replied.
The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
"But I can take mine," said the farmer, "that if Squire Higginbotham was murdered night before last, I drank a glass of bitters with his ghost this morning.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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