'Chasse-caf'e' definitions:
Definition of 'Chasse-caf'e'
From: GCIDE
- Chasse-caf'e \Chasse`-ca`f['e]"\ (sh[.a]s` k[.a]`f[asl]"), n. [F., fr. chasser to chase + caf['e] coffee.] See Chasse, n., above. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'chasse-caf'e'
From: GCIDE
- Chasse \Chasse\ (sh[.a]s), n. [See Chasse-caf['e]] A small potion of spirituous liquor taken to remove the taste of coffee, tobacco, or the like; -- originally chasse-caf['e], lit., "coffee chaser." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]