ginger ale


noun
  1. a carbonated soft drink flavored with ginger extract.

Origin of ginger ale

1
First recorded in 1835–45

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How to use ginger ale in a sentence

  • The others were drinking beer and ale, while Merriwell took nothing but ginger ale or bottled soda.

    Frank Merriwell's Races | Burt L. Standish
  • Then Ralph climbed up on a stool and began eating his lunch and drinking ginger ale out of the glass bottle.

  • They had the ginger ale, and Hall learned that this was the girl's first trip out of the United States.

    The Five Arrows | Allan Chase

British Dictionary definitions for ginger ale

ginger ale

noun
  1. a sweetened effervescent nonalcoholic drink flavoured with ginger extract

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