Also kirsh. [F. kirsch, abbrev. of next.] = KIRSCHWASSER.
1869. Daily News, 25 Aug., 5/3 Proposing that distillers of the cherry-stone liquor, called kirsh, should be allowed to mix brandy with it.
1874. T. G. Appleton, in Longfellow’s Life (1891), III. 229. I tried coffee and kirsch, and they had the good old taste.
