claret cup

noun

an iced beverage made of claret and carbonated water with lemon juice, brandy or other spirits, fruits, and sugar.

claret cup

an iced drink made of claret, brandy, lemon, sugar, and sometimes sherry, Curaçao, etc

First recorded in 1875–80

He was given claret cup and feathery sandwiches and asked questions and given information.

Claret-cup flowed and Champagne sparkled, powerless to raise him to the audacity of an avowal.

They 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.

Here was tea, with milk or with lemon-baths of it and claret-cup for the hardier spirits throughout the evening.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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