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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We went to the library, and, by way of refreshment after our long walk in the sun, I told Effingham to make us some claret cup.

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Er—oh, yes: it’s so hot, I think we might have a jug of claret cup.

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

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It is passed at the close of the dinner and may be wine, cider, claret cup or fruit punch.

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