hard cider

noun

: fermented apple juice

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At the Indian King, that traveler could find a hot meal and a pint of beer or hard cider. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026 The two had spent hours chatting as Shamblin drank hard ciders on a remote Texas roadside. — Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025 It was long believed that North Carolina had no such drink but rather its many local beers and hard ciders. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026 Give your 19th-century plowman a dozen hard ciders, though, and see whether that plays a more significant role in his evening than his urge to pull himself up by his bootstraps. — Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hard cider

Word History

First Known Use

1786, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hard cider was in 1786

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“Hard cider.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20cider. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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