Definition of "champansky" [champansky]

• Imitation champagne, chiefly Russian in origin. (noun)

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• "I think I still have a backache from sitting on an exquisite little gold chair à la tsarine in a little jeweled box at the Mariinsky, drinking very sweet champansky."
• "When the overloaded, loosely jointed drinks trolley materialized, my wounded companion pawed a wheat bun and demanded vodka, then a second, then a third, washing it down with a flute of "champansky.""
• "They'll still wash down their faggots and peas with a glass of champansky if they stop the fat lady opening her gob come May, two glasses if the "Dingles" West Bromwich go down."