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Irish coffee

American  

noun

  1. a mixture of hot coffee and Irish whiskey, sweetened and topped with whipped cream.

Irish coffee British  

noun

  1. hot coffee mixed with Irish whiskey and topped with double cream

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Irish coffee

First recorded in 1945–50

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