advocaat
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A sweet creamy alcoholic drink made from eggs, sugar, and brandy
- noun
- /ˈæd.və.kɑːt/
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advocaat
- At the party, she served a delicious dessert made with advocaat and whipped cream.
Examples
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I'll just... ...set my bourbon and advocaat down right there.
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For a special treat, I added some advocaat to my coffee for extra flavor.
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He enjoys sipping advocaat on a cold winter evening.
How Alcoholic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Advocaat for the drink comes from the Dutch name that is also linked to Latin advocatus, but the true story is not certain. One popular idea is that a thick egg-and-brandy drink was given to sick people or to lawyers, so people called it the 'advocate's drink', which is why advocaat today means a thick, creamy liqueur similar to eggnog.