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[sham-peyn]

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noun

(initial capital letter) the sparkling, dry, white table wine from the region of Champagne in France.

a similar sparkling wine produced elsewhere.

(formerly) the nonsparkling, dry, white table wine produced in the region of Champagne in France.

a very pale yellow or greenish-yellow color.

anything considered the best or luxurious.

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adjective

having the color of champagne.

luxurious or expensive: champagne tastes.

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

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Origin:
1655–65; after Champagne

Can be confused: champagne, champaign.

Example Sentences

Rowland's breaking out a bottle of champagne at a press conference to celebrate the lower court's.

So now the sleighs have slid away and the ice on the trees cracks, sharp champagne pops, toasts silenced by the snow-bound woods.

Serious champagne drinkers sip only the prestige cuvées produced by a handful of winemakers.

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Rowland's breaking out a bottle of champagne at a press conference to celebrate the lower court's.

So now the sleighs have slid away and the ice on the trees cracks, sharp champagne pops, toasts silenced by the snow-bound woods.

Serious champagne drinkers sip only the prestige cuvées produced by a handful of winemakers.

Petersburg, newlywed couples decorate this wrought-iron fence with champagne bottles.

In his opponent's office they were drinking champagne.

He sat down on the cable and ate a piece of cake, washed down with champagne.

Champagne flutes and evergreen sprigs form a centerpiece when interspersed with.

If you've purchased a pricey ornamental champagne saber, whip it out.

We went to a nice hotel for lunch, and then there was a champagne reception afterwards at my mum-in-law's house.

Cheaper than champagne but stylish, easy to drink and prettily named.

Upon arrival, they can sip champagne and hit golf balls before climbing aboard for the trip back.

Drinking champagne and getting laid are actually fun.

It's been said that menudo cures the aftereffects of those multiple champagne toasts.

Caterers cut nova lox and place the pieces on trays in rolls, alongside flaky pastries, succulent beef and champagne.

No gift, but our tradition was that the director brings champagne to the defense.

Initially, the champagne corks would have been popping.

When you first board, champagne awaits you in your compartment.

Sometimes alcoholics need to leave a party when champagne appears.

For starters, greenies shouldn't pull out the champagne.

She doesn't drink, so the usual celebratory bottle of wine or champagne is out.

Reduced to taking only fluids, she would drink champagne.

Muir pulls two bottles of champagne from his raincoat.

It sports a glossy champagne finish, a black keyboard and a screen with a black border.

Had my thesis defense and standard champagne toast in our lab.

But this will hardly, says one activist, be an occasion for champagne at the end of the conference.

On the menu: lobster soup and fish flambé with shallots, washed down with champagne.

But even if he comes around, rail riders should keep the champagne corked.

Tales abound of fridges in the creeks stocked with champagne.

Breakfast on your balcony, champagne and canapes in peat-fired lounge, then choose from wild and organic menu.

They broke out the champagne after the test flight, but it's a bit early for celebrations.

Maybe some cause for cautious optimism, but not sure it is time to break out the champagne.

They requested two beds, but when they arrived, the room had a double bed and a bottle of champagne.

Like prance along with dancers outfitted in outlandish headdresses and shower audiences with champagne and chocolate sauce.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

a region and former province in NE France.

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champagne (ʃæmˈpeɪn)

—n
1.	(sometimes capital) a white sparkling wine produced around Reims and Epernay, France
2.	(loosely) any effervescent white wine
3.	a. a colour varying from a pale orange-yellow to a greyish-yellow
	b. (as adjective): a champagne carpet
4.	(modifier) denoting a luxurious lifestyle: a champagne capitalist

[from Champagne, a region of NE France]

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Word Origin & History

champagne

1664, from Champagne, former province in n.w. France, name meaning "open country" (see camp). Originally any wine from this region, focused to modern meaning late 18c.

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