claret cup

American  

noun

1. an iced beverage made of claret and carbonated water with lemon juice, brandy or other spirits, fruits, and sugar.

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claret cup British  

noun

1. an iced drink made of claret, brandy, lemon, sugar, and sometimes sherry, Curaçao, etc

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Etymology

Origin of claret cup

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Take a peep at the dining-room as you go by, Lemonade, claret cup, orange wine you will spy: And they're going to have two sorts of ices this year, Both strawberry-cream and vanilla, I hear.

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"The claret cup's all right for Theodore, Mrs. Pope," said Magnet.

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At many gatherings a special table is supplied for the gentlemen, where soda-water, claret cup, and sometimes wines are served.

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She is great in cheese and bitter beer, in claret cup and still champagne, but she despises the puerilities of sweets or of effervescing wines.

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Cocktails, drinkables, claret cup, tea, and sandwiches are served on their arrival.

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