applejack

English

Etymology

apple +‎ jack (“referring to the increase in alcohol concentration due to distillation”)

Noun

applejack (countable and uncountable, plural applejacks)

  1. An alcoholic drink similar to apple brandy and calvados, made by freeze-distilling ("jacking") apple cider.
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