Cocktail

  • 41cocktail —    1. obsolete    a prostitute    Possibly a pun, also referring to cockatrice, a prostitute, from the fabulous serpent which killed by its glare:     Such a coxcomb as that, such a cocktail. (Thackeray)    2. a mixture of alcohol or illegal… …

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  • 42cocktail — [19] The origins of the word cocktail are mysterious. It first appeared (in America) in the first decade of the 19th century, roughly contemporary with cocktail meaning ‘horse with a cocked tail’ – that is, one cut short and so made to stick up… …

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  • 43cocktail — A mixture that includes several ingredients or drugs. Brompton c. a c. of morphine and cocaine usually used for analgesia in terminal cancer patients; the formulations vary, but typically it contains 15 mg of morphine hydrochoride and 10 mg of… …

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  • 44Cocktail — Drink, Fizz, Flip, Longdrink, Mischgetränk, Mixed Drink, Mixgetränk. * * * Cocktail,der:⇨Mischgetränk CocktailMischgetränk,Mixgetränk,Drink,Appetizer …

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  • 45Cocktail — Cock·tail [ kɔkteːl] der; s, s; eine Mischung von Getränken mit und ohne Alkohol <einen Cocktail mixen> || K : Cocktailparty …

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  • 46cocktail — {{hw}}{{cocktail}}{{/hw}}1 Miscela di bevande a base alcolica. 2 Cocktail party. 3 (fig.) Miscuglio. ETIMOLOGIA: voce ingl., propr. ‘coda di gallo’, comp. di cock ‘gallo’ e tail ‘coda’ …

    Enciclopedia di italiano

  • 47cocktail — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mixed drink; martini, old fashioned, daiquiri, etc.; salad, appetizer. See food, drinking. II (Roget s IV) n. Types of cocktails include: Manhattan, martini, Gibson, gimlet, old fashioned, champagne,… …

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  • 48cocktail — cock|tail sb., en, s, ene, i sms. cocktail , fx cocktailbar, cocktailglas …

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  • 49cocktail —   Lama ho ohuihui ia, lama pa ipa i, lama pa ipa i ia.    ♦ Poi cocktail, ai kakale …

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  • 50cocktail — {{#}}{{LM C40652}}{{〓}} {{[}}cocktail{{]}} {{■}}(ing.){{□}} {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} → {{↑}}cóctel{{↓}}. {{★}}{{\}}ORTOGRAFÍA:{{/}} Por ser un extranjerismo debe escribirse con cursiva u otra diferenciación gráfica …

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