toddy
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a drink made of alcoholic liquor and hot water, sweetened and sometimes spiced with cloves.
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the drawn sap, especially when fermented, of any of several toddy palms, used as a drink.
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a drink made from spirits, esp whisky, with hot water, sugar, and usually lemon juice
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the sap of various palm trees ( toddy or wine palms ), used as a beverage
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the liquor prepared from this sap
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(in Malaysia) a milky-white sour alcoholic drink made from fermented coconut milk, drunk chiefly by Indians
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Etymology
Origin of toddy
First recorded in 1600–10, toddy is from the Hindi word tāḍi
Vocabulary lists containing toddy
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Once in Kerala, the film whizzes through a checklist of things a layperson might associate with the tourist-favourite state - its famous backwaters, the ubiquitous coconut trees, toddy, elephants, and Onam, its most popular festival.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2025
Jerry Thomas’s apple toddy recipe, from his classic “How to Mix Drinks” bartender’s manual, first published in the late 19th century, calls for half a baked apple.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2023
But admittedly, hot honey isn't all savory games; one of Kurtz's favorite ways to enjoy it is drizzled over vanilla ice cream, in a hot toddy during the wintertime, or a hot honey turmeric latte.
From Salon ● May 7, 2022
Last winter, she saw people dining outside in the middle of a snowstorm, bundled up with a blanket next to the heaters, with a hot toddy in hand.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
After he had served another toddy he brought a damp cloth from behind the bar.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
When I'm entertaining a bigger group, though, that's when I'll usually do something like a cider with my own twist or toddies with a twist!
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2021
That drink’s orange-peel garnish makes me think of clove-studded citrus, and I’m suddenly picturing Sorel in cold-weather drinks, from party punches to hot toddies, where the spices would take on a festive holiday character.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2021
It was no glorious Aspen lodge, mind you, where you can sip hot toddies and enjoy slope-side panoramas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2020
Alongside recipes for pork chops smothered in caper-lemon sauce and hot toddies, Ms. Tipton-Martin often provides a vintage version clipped from an old cookbook.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2019
But it is not to the Mississippi toddies and other creature comforts of America that I look back with gratitude and affection.
From America To-day, Observations and Reflections by Archer, William
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