Minnehaha

Minnehaha

obsolete slang Champagne. A reference to a fictional Native American woman featured in Longfellow's poem The Song of Hiawatha, in which he claims that the name "Minnehaha" means "laughing water," which is another slang term for champagne. Once the Minnehaha started flowing, everyone got quite merry indeed. I got completely lightheaded after just one glass of Minnehaha.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Minnehaha

(mɪniˈhɑhɑ)
n. champagne. (From Longfellow’s Song of Hiawatha. Minnehaha means “laughing waters.”) Minnehaha tickles my nose.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • autem mort
  • fold our tents, (let us)
  • blimp
  • blimp out
  • gun
  • guns
  • grape
  • African
  • brassic lint
  • flash on
References in classic literature
Minnehaha, here's to you--to the two of you--an' to the papooses, too, gosh-dang them!"
In April, the city issued permits for Kaas Wilson Architects' 109-unit complex at 5300 Minnehaha Ave.
Hi-School Pharmacy operates 30 pharmacies in Oregon and southwest Washington, where the retailer opened its newest store, located in the Minnehaha neighborhood of Clark County.
After an officer accosted them in Minnehaha Park at gunpoint, it was discovered they were unarmed.
He currently works at the Good Samaritan Society and the Minnehaha Country Club and has done so for more than 10 years.
If you'd like to get away from the city core but want to take in more of the magnificent Mississippi River, then take the Metro Transit Blue Line to Minnehaha Regional Park.
We stopped off at the Minnehaha Falls and the Stone Arch Bridge.
The blast occurred in a utility area at the Minnehaha Academy as students were playing soccer and basketball at the private Christian school, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, according to fire and school officials.
CDT from the rubble at the Minnehaha Academy, about 10 hours after the explosion, Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel told a news conference.
She describes the organizationAEs origins, founding by Oliver Hudson Kelley, purposes, and structure; the legislation and case law related to transportation and grain storage issues of concern, including railroad regulations and monopoly; the private cooperative efforts of the society, in relation to centralized purchasing, manufacturing, and sales; the Minnehaha Grange and its involvement in issues like education, gender equity, the safety of electrical appliances, and the problems of oleomargarine; and the legacies of the Patrons of Husbandry.
Sardinia; Yellowknife; Minnehaha; WHEN: WHERE WH| WHO
The rapper, whose legal name is Keith Cozart, was booked into the Minnehaha County Jail Monday following his arrest at the Sioux Falls Regional Airport.
Point out the male, Hiawatha, and his wife Minnehaha. Ask students to describe the details the artist used to represent their Native American heritage.
* The Municipality of West Nipissing is receiving $36,000 to complete a feasibility study for the construction of a new industrial park, and $24,750 to complete a study on the development of the Minnehaha Bay Community Waterfront Park, and develop an action plan linking business between the Sturgeon River corridor and the downtown core.