| 单词 | manhattan cocktail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasManhattan cocktail A cocktail made with vermouth and a spirit, usually whisky, sometimes with a dash of bitters (originally more fully Manhattan cocktail). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > whisky cocktail whisky-skin1856 Manhattan1882 whisky sour1889 highball?1894 Rob Roy1895 Alexander?1910 old-fashioned1912 Scotch mist1947 whisky mac1960 1882 Democrat (Olean, N.Y.) 5 Sept. 1/6 It is but a short time ago that a mixture of whiskey, vermouth and bitters came into vogue. It went under various names—Manhattan cocktail, Turf Club cocktail, and Jockey Club cocktail. 1889 Clothier & Furnisher Aug. 51/1 No reasonable person will dispute but that after all a cocktail is a swallowtail. Nor does it follow that because the swallow is not so game a bird as the cock, the average type of the thoroughbred genus Manhattan cannot fly as high as the swallow with a dozen of cocktails under his coat! 1890 B. Hall Turnover Club 16 This order was as follows..the Actor, ‘A Manhattan cocktail’. 1895 C. D. Warner Golden House v. 43 He and old Fairfax sipped their five-o'clock ‘Manhattan’. 1909 Sat. Evening Post 10 Apr. 37/2 The..death-watch..could recognize..a Bronx, Martini or Manhattan by its color. 1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. iv. 474 The dumpy woman was drinking a manhattan. 1963 C. D. Simak They walked like Men xii. 70 The bartender set my drink before me and began fixing her Manhattan. 1972 D. Bloodworth Any Number can Play x. 80 Larry returned with soda-water for Max and a manhattan for himself. 2000 Spectator 11 Nov. 43 A Manhattan, he said, must be shaken to foxtrot time. < as lemmas |
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