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Dr. Pepper orig. and chiefly U.S.|ˌdɒktə ˈpɛpə(r)|
[f. the name of Charles Pepper, U.S. physician: see quot. 1986.]
A proprietary name for a brand of aerated soft drinks; a bottle, can, or drink of this.
1906Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 30 Jan. 1464/1 Dr. Pepper. Aerated tonic beverages and syrups for the same. The Dr. Pepper Co., Dallas, Tex. 1947Fortune Oct. 108/1 Dr. Pepper..is a soft drink, colored ruby red, and variously described by Southerners who have been drinking it some sixty-three years as tasting like: (1) cherry, (2) almond, (3) raspberry, (4) prune juice. 1975Business Week 10 Feb. 34/2 The success of Dr. Pepper, a cherry-flavored soft drink favorite of the South that went national in 1966.., could hardly go unnoticed. 1984Trade Marks Jrnl. 14 Nov. 2977/2 (figure), Dr Pepper... 1,146,477. Non-alcoholic drinks and preparations for making such drinks... Dr. Pepper Company, 5523 Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, Texas, United States..Manufacturers and Merchants. 1985Toronto Life Sept. 76/2 Upstairs in the second-floor common room, he pops a Dr. Pepper. 1986Time 3 Mar. 67/1 Morrison,..hoping to curry favor with his beloved's father [Charles Pepper], named the new pop Dr Pepper. |