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Manhattan|mænˈhætən|
Also manhattan.
[The name of the island on which the older part of New York is situated.]
Used ellipt. for Manhattan cocktail, a cocktail made of vermouth and whisky with a dash of bitters.
1890B. Hall Turnover Club 16 This order was as follows..the Actor, ‘A Manhattan cocktail’. 1895C. D. Warner Golden House v. 43 He and old Fairfax sipped their five-o'clock ‘Manhattan’. 1906Mrs. Beeton's Bk. Househ. Managem. xlix. 1511 Manhattan. Ingredients: ½ a wineglassful of vermuth, ½ a wineglassful of whisky, 30 drops of green syrup, 10 drops of Angostura bitters, 6 drops of Curaçoa, [etc.]. 1909[see Bronx 1]. 1937M. Sharp Nutmeg Tree viii. 84 If I could have one [a cocktail], I'd have a Manhattan. 1955W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. iv. 474 The dumpy woman was drinking a manhattan. 1963C. D. Simak They walked like Men xii. 70 The bartender set my drink before me and began fixing her Manhattan. 1972D. Bloodworth Any Number can Play x. 80 Larry returned with soda-water for Max and a manhattan for himself. |