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DUBONNET

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Du⋅bon⋅net

[doo-buh-ney, dyoo-]
1. Trademark. a brand of sweet, red or white, aromatized wine, used chiefly as an apéritif.
–noun
2. (lowercase) a deep purple-red color.
–adjective
3. (lowercase) of the color dubonnet.
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Du·bon·net   (dōō'bə-nā', dyōō'-)   
A trademark used for apéritif wines.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

Dubonnet 
"sweet Fr. aperitif," 1913, trademark name, from the name of a family of Fr. wine merchants.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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