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tequila|teɪˈkiːlə|
Also tequela, tequilla.
[a. Mexican Sp., f. the name of a town which is one of the centres of its production.]
a. A gin-like Mexican spirit made by distilling the fermented sap of a maguey, Agave tequilana; cf. mescal.
1849J. Gregg Diary & Lett. (1944) II. 317 So celebrated has this place become, for the manufacture of superior mezcal, that that taken from here is known by the name of Tequila. 1894Harper's Mag. Feb. 351/2 Between various cigarettes, the last drink of tequela, and the drying of our clothes, we passed the time. 1926[see mescal 1]. 1941B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? vii. 110 Burning my stomach with enchillada and my brain with more tequilla. 1953W. Burroughs Junkie (1972) xiii. 129 Every morning when I woke up, I washed down benzedrine, sanicin, and a piece of hop with black coffee and a shot of tequila. 1958P. Highsmith Game for Living (1959) ii. 22 Theodore heard..liquor being poured into a glass, and he knew it would be Lelia's yellowish tequila. 1969J. Mander Static Society vii. 196 Fuentes had been initiating me into the art of drinking Mexican tequila (with salt and lemon). 1977Playgirl May 124/1 For the woman whose liquor larder extends beyond beer and wine, tequila is now a necessity.
b. attrib. and Comb., as tequila sour; tequila-based adj.; tequila plant, the maguey from the sap of which tequila is made; tequila sunrise, a name given to cocktails containing tequila and grenadine.
1977T. Heald Just Desserts vii. 156 He was drinking a tequila-based cocktail.
1979P. Theroux Old Patagonian Express iii. 52, I saw a field of upright swords. It might have been sisal, but more likely was the tequila plant.
1966T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 iii. 59 ‘Who's your client?’ asked Metzger, holding out a tequila sour.
1965O. A. Mendelsohn Dict. Drink & Drinking 336 Tequila Sunrise, mixed drink of tequila, lemon juice, grenadine and cinnamon liqueur. 1976Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 11 June 42/3 A Tequila Sunrise has become the ‘in’ drink at many ski resorts and single bars. It is tequila and orange juice, with half an ounce of grenadine poured on top to filter dramatically down through the drink. |