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Mar⋅ga⋅ri⋅ta

[mahr-guh-ree-tuh]
–noun (often lowercase)
a cocktail made of tequila, lime or lemon juice, and an orange-flavored liqueur, usually served in a salt-rimmed glass.

Origin:
1960–65; < AmerSp; appar. special use of Sp Margarita Margaret
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mar·ga·ri·ta   (mär'gə-rē'tə)   
n.  A cocktail made with tequila, an orange-flavored liqueur, and lemon or lime juice, often served with salt encrusted on the rim of the glass.

[Spanish, from the name Margarita, Margaret.]
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Margarita 
cocktail made with tequila, 1965, from the fem. proper name, the Sp. form of Margaret. Earlier "a Spanish wine" (1920).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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