Baccarat glass

noun

Bac·​ca·​rat glass

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: fine blown, molded, and cut glass made at Baccarat, France, from 1765 to the present time

Word History

Etymology

from Baccarat, a trademark

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

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