eggnognoun [ U ]
uk/ˈeɡ.nɒɡ/us/ˈeɡ.nɑːɡ/UK also egg flipa drink made from milk, sugar, and eggs, often mixed with alcohol such as brandy or rum
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Drinks - general words
- beverage
- caffeinated
- carbonated
- chaser
- cooler
- drop
- fizzy
- flat
- gassy
- glass
- gulp
- hospitality
- ice cube
- iced
- nectar
- rock
- thirst-quenching
- top-up
- weak
- witches' brew
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Examples from literature
- At the club he ordered eggnog and sandwiches sent to her room, whither he followed her, helpless to cope with her tears.
- She handed him an eggnog.
- The doctor was serving out eggnog from a capacious bowl upon the sideboard.
- Then—I think I know what we can do, she said, giving the eggnog a final whisk.
- We would have eggnog and ten or fifteen cakes.