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claret cup

noun

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


claret cup

noun

  1. an iced drink made of claret, brandy, lemon, sugar, and sometimes sherry, Curaçao, etc
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of claret cup1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences

Take a peep at the dining-room as you go by, Lemonade, claret cup, orange wine you will spy: And they're going to have two sorts of ices this year, Both strawberry-cream and vanilla, I hear.

We went to the library, and, by way of refreshment after our long walk in the sun, I told Effingham to make us some claret cup.

Er—oh, yes: it’s so hot, I think we might have a jug of claret cup.

"The claret cup's all right for Theodore, Mrs. Pope," said Magnet.

It is passed at the close of the dinner and may be wine, cider, claret cup or fruit punch.

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