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mezcal

British  
/ mɛˈskæl /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of mescal

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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That’s a good place to have a nice mezcal margarita and watch the sunset.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

His modern vino de cocos may not exactly be the sort of spirit you’d want to sip at leisure, like mezcal or tequila.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

"Agave worms are still fairly common, but the impact of mezcal becoming popular can have long-term negative effects on local populations because they are harvested in the wild," Kawahara said.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2026

"This is probably because most biologists are not looking inside mezcal bottles."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2026

To say nothing of the baked horseflesh—by many gourmets esteemed a delectable dish—the corn of the mezcal, treated thus, is a viand palatable as peculiar.

From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Mayne Reid

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