toddy
IPA: tˈɑdi
noun
- (dated) The sweet sap from any of several tropical trees fermented to make an alcoholic drink.
- Ellipsis of hot toddy. [A drink made from alcoholic liquor mixed with sugar, spice and hot water.]
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Examples of "toddy" in Sentences
- The date palm yields a wine called toddy, or palm wine, and from the
- M. O'BRIEN: Yes, all right, then the hot toddy, which is 130 calories, as opposed to the egg nog.
- The beach was lined with the areca, or fan-palm tree, from which the well-known liquor called toddy is procured.
- A small china punch-bowl was then produced by the host, and was twice replenished with the very popular beverage called toddy, of which the
- The toddy is the following in a mug: two inches of good brandy, two tablespoons of honey, juice of one whole lemon, fill to top with hot water.
- A most important product called toddy or palm wine is obtained from the flower spikes, which yield a great quantity of juice for four or five months.
- They began to gather about seven o'clock, when it was expected that boiling water would be in readiness for the compound generally called toddy, sometimes punch.
- The embryo bud from which the blossoms and nuts would spring is tied up to prevent its expansion; a small incision then being made at the end, there oozes in gentle drops a pleasant liquor called toddy, which is the palm wine of the poet.
- The principal production of this palm is the toddy, which is procured in the same manner as from other palms, or in the following mode: one of the spatae or shoot of fructification is, on the first appearance of fruit, beaten for three successive days with a small stick, with a view of determining the sap to the wounded part.
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