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daiquiri

[ dahy-kuh-ree, dak-uh- ]

noun

plural daiquiris.
  1. a cocktail of rum, lemon or lime juice, and sugar, often with the addition of fruit and ice and mixed in an electric blender:

    a frozen banana daiquiri.



daiquiri

/ ˈdaɪkɪrɪ; ˈdæk- /

noun

  1. an iced drink containing rum, lime juice, and syrup or sugar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of daiquiri1

First recorded in 1915–20; named after Daiquirí, town on the east coast of Cuba
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Word History and Origins

Origin of daiquiri1

C20: named after Daiquiri, rum-producing town in Cuba
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Example Sentences

That intersection is home to a packed tourist hotel, a store selling ice cream and chocolate fudge and restaurants selling oysters and daiquiris in large plastic to-go cups.

From BBC

So all the TV big shots were stuck sitting there, “daiquiris in hand, but nothing to televise,” Neushul said.

Cook had long been dreaming of being on a beach in Tunisia with a strawberry daiquiri.

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Less than two years later he was on “Dancing With the Stars” dressed like a frozen daiquiri, looking for salvation.

The vans stopped everywhere from giant meat-processing plants to a chicken and daiquiri restaurant.

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