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saloop
[ suh-loop ]
noun
- a hot drink prepared originally from salep but later from sassafras, together with milk and sugar.
saloop
/ səˈluːp /
noun
- an infusion of aromatic herbs or other plant parts, esp salep, formerly used as a tonic or cure
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Word History and Origins
Origin of saloop1
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Example Sentences
It then became a "saloop-house," where the poor purchased a beverage made out of sassafras chips.
When boiled, it is somewhat like saloop; the taste is not disagreeable, and we found means to make some good dishes with it.
Carters and waggoners were thirsty and hungry souls and the eating houses and saloop stalls were thronged.
They first walked westward, making for the Foundling Hospital, on their way passing a rabble rout drinking saloop and fighting.
Mount Pleasant is in America, and produces the sassafras, from which the proprietor of the above coffee-house made the saloop.
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