toddy
Americannoun
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toddies
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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.
noun
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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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And when the cocktail renaissance got a hold of it in the early 2000s, when old drinks were being rejiggered, blinged out and bolstered by the dozen, the toddy got plenty of polishing.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2023
"He was really a toddy palm worker who earned his living in a traditional way. I have a son and a daughter and I don't know how to continue living."
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2022
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
In his bartender’s manual, first published in the late 19th century, Jerry Thomas depicts a roster of toddies, some served hot, some cold.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2023
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
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
Hot toddies, medicated tissues and immune system “boosts” of echinacea or ginger are ineffective.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 6, 2017
Toddy was so nicknamed because of his diabolical cleverness in concocting toddies.
From John Barleycorn by Jack London
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