To sand (the champagne): locut. In the 8th century, the verb “to sand” meant, among other things, “to pour into a mold made of sand”. It is probably by referring to the molten material poured into the mold that sanding could take on the meaning of “drinking in one gulp”. The Dictionary of the French Academy (1935th edition - XNUMX) in the article “to sand”: “Drink all at once, very quickly: to sand a glass of wine. Open the champagne”.
Then sanding the champagne is used by extension for ...
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