saloop

[ suh-loop ]

noun

1. a hot drink prepared originally from salep but later from sassafras, together with milk and sugar.

saloop

/ səˈluːp /

noun

1. an infusion of aromatic herbs or other plant parts, esp salep, formerly used as a tonic or cure

Word History and Origins

Origin of saloop¹

First recorded in 1705–15; variant of salep

Word History and Origins

Origin of saloop¹

C18: changed from salep

Example Sentences

It then became a "saloop-house," where the poor purchased a beverage made out of sassafras chips.

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When boiled, it is somewhat like saloop; the taste is not disagreeable, and we found means to make some good dishes with it.

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Carters and waggoners were thirsty and hungry souls and the eating houses and saloop stalls were thronged.

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They first walked westward, making for the Foundling Hospital, on their way passing a rabble rout drinking saloop and fighting.

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Mount Pleasant is in America, and produces the sassafras, from which the proprietor of the above coffee-house made the saloop.

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