cream soda
Americannoun
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cream sodas
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of cream soda
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Such austerity only whetted my childhood fondness for concoctions that now make me wince: grape soda, root beer, orange Fanta, even a hideous insipid confection known as cream soda.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Prohibition made the chocolate ice cream soda the national drink,” declared a Wichita, Kansas, ice cream manufacturer in 1922.
From National Geographic ● Jun. 8, 2023
“Imagine a Thai-flavored cream soda with a bowl of hot green curry,” she suggests.
From Washington Post ● May 5, 2022
Pour in cream soda and top with a maraschino cherry.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2021
I followed up a solid base of meatballs with a couple of packaged cupcakes and washed them down with a can of cream soda.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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