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schnapps

  [shnahps, shnaps]
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–noun
1. (in Europe) any strong, dry spirit, as slivovitz, aquavit, or kirsch.
2. a drink of schnapps.
Also, schnaps.

Origin:
1810–20; < G, < D or LG snaps lit., gulp, mouthful, der. of snappen to snap
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schnapps   (shnäps, shnāps)   
n.   pl. schnapps
Any of various strong dry liquors, such as a strong Dutch gin.

[German Schnaps, mouthful, schnapps, from Low German snaps, from snappen, to snap, from Middle Low German, to snap at.]
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schnapps 
1818, kind of Holland gin, from Ger. Schnaps, lit. "a mouthful, gulp," from Low Ger. snaps, from snappen "to snap" (see snap).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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