daiquiri
Americannoun
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daiquiris
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of daiquiri
First recorded in 1915–20; named after Daiquirí, town on the east coast of Cuba
Example Sentences
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The video features Morgan using canned cocktails to explain how Wales' voting system works - representing Labour with a pink can of strawberry daiquiri and the other parties with cans in their colours.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
Struggling to follow the rules as they were presented to us: work hard, fly straight, die on the beach with a daiquiri in hand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Less than two years later he was on “Dancing With the Stars” dressed like a frozen daiquiri, looking for salvation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
The vans stopped everywhere from giant meat-processing plants to a chicken and daiquiri restaurant.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
The bartender slammed the beer and the daiquiri down just as the bus was starting off on its journey in the vortex.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
That intersection is home to a packed tourist hotel, a store selling ice cream and chocolate fudge and restaurants selling oysters and daiquiris in large plastic to-go cups.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2025
The city needed something different, somewhere safe for Louisianans to sip their daiquiris and hoot and holler in peace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2023
"Like daiquiris in general, it's a tangible representation of the relationship between Cuba, Latinx culture, and Miami."
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2022
On a recent 80-degree afternoon, four retired women, wearing full bathing suits and sandals, were laughing and drinking daiquiris, mai tais and other fruity cocktails at Splash, the poolside bar and restaurant.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2021
He planned to get enough wealth to buy the entire farm and spend the rest of his days sipping strawberry daiquiris and conversing with MacDonald Lindsay about the joys of being affluent.
From Abducted to Oz by Bob Evans
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