ginger ale

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noun

a carbonated soft drink flavored with ginger extract.

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Origin of ginger ale

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby ginger ale

ginep, ging, gingal, ginge, ginger, ginger ale, ginger beer, gingerbread, gingerbread palm, gingerbread plum, gingerbread tree

How to use ginger ale in a sentence

“I would recommend ginger tea first thing in the morning as a great way to ward off an upset stomach,” says White.
5 Hangover Cures to Save You After a Few Too Many|DailyBurn|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Britain the craft beer movement began much earlier, under the slogan “Real Ale.”
Beer Countries vs. Wine Countries|Clive Irving|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lynchburg is a six-month-old German sausage and ale house in the heart of Panama's San Francisco neighborhood.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
De Mena offers me a glass of Sir Francis Drake, Casa Bruja's red ale.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

More than half of the patrons at the bar are holding glasses full of Casa Bruja's malted barley red ale.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 1603 it was ordered that one quart of best ale, or two of small, should be sold for one penny.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
A traveler coming, wet and cold, into a country ale-house on the coast of Kent, found the fire completely blockaded.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
If it would rain good barrels of ale, now, sorrow would not so much mind being out in the storm.
The Battle of Hexham;|George Colman
Inside were twelve ginger cookies with scalloped edges, smelling faintly of cinnamon and sugar.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
You've done a big thing to-day, and if you hadn't had more pluck and ginger than common, it's a cinch you'd have lost out.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run|Stanley R. Matthews

British Dictionary definitions for ginger ale

ginger ale

noun

a sweetened effervescent nonalcoholic drink flavoured with ginger extract

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