claret cup
an iced beverage made of claret and carbonated water with lemon juice, brandy or other spirits, fruits, and sugar.
Origin of claret cup
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How to use claret cup in a sentence
He was given claret cup and feathery sandwiches and asked questions and given information.
Robin | Frances Hodgson BurnettClaret-cup flowed and Champagne sparkled, powerless to raise him to the audacity of an avowal.
Guy Livingstone; | George A. LawrenceThey are often used similarly in lemonade, negus, claret-cup and fruit juice drinks.
This time is usually spent in the tent sketching, dozing, and reading, with occasional "goes" of claret cup.
The Story of Baden-Powell | Harold BegbieHere was tea, with milk or with lemon-baths of it and claret-cup for the hardier spirits throughout the evening.
The March Family Trilogy, Complete | William Dean Howells
British Dictionary definitions for claret cup
an iced drink made of claret, brandy, lemon, sugar, and sometimes sherry, Curaçao, etc
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