Postum

Examples

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• "Let the hardworking farmers in Florida drink orange juice," he declared, "and the hardworking farmers in Idaho drink hot wheat Postum."

  Fiction book (1993)

• Many people enjoy warming up with a cup of Postum on a chilly evening.

• Come and fix your Postum.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Alice was convinced, and so were the Miller sisters as they blew into cups of Postum in the kitchen.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Uncle Mac nodded and began stirring his Postum again.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Hi, Postum.

  Fiction book (1999)

• "Yes, Jada?" Uncle Mac looked up from his cup of steaming Postum.

  Fiction book (1993)

• "He stirred his Postum slowly, then tapped the spoon on the cup.

  Fiction book (1993)

• "It's a bountiful first crop, Jada," Uncle Mac declared over his Postum.

  Fiction book (1993)

• But the point is you didn't want a single couple at your only four-table sitting there from eight-thirty till closing, only ordering a Sanka or Postum, I think it was called—a vegetable coffee made out of grain.

  Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

C

coffee substitute

vsPostum

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A drink like coffee that people drink instead of coffee

is a specific brand made from roasted grains and chicory

Surface Forms

Etymology