mint julep
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- noun
- /mɪnt ˈdʒuːlɛp/
- US
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mint julep
- The famous recipe included bourbon, sugar, and fresh mint to make the perfect mint julep.
- drink mint juleps
- sip mint juleps
- mint julep cup
They got peppermints, they got mint juleps, they got Wrigley's.
- They got peppermints, they got mint juleps, they got Wrigley's.
Examples
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- No, l'd love a mint julep right now.
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A mint julep, sir.
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There will be a mint julep waiting on the other side, son.
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Think of the mint juleps.
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You got some mint juleps?
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"Have a mint julep, sir.
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I'll take it upstairs with my mint julep.
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Oh, Stanley, I'm gonna have to have a mint julep to cool down after that one.
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The smell of bluegrass, the taste of a tall mint julep in a frosty glass.
Fiction book (2000) -
Gentlemen, can I tempt your palate to some of Louisiana's finest mint juleps?
Synonyms
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A sweet cold cocktail made with bourbon, sugar, mint, and crushed ice
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally transparent: a 'mint julep' is simply a julep (a type of cocktail) that includes or is flavored with mint, so the overall meaning is directly derivable from the constituents. Although 'julep' is regionally specific and may be unfamiliar culturally, a learner who knows both words will be able to infer the MWE's meaning from the usual noun-modifier pattern.
Etymology
The drink mint julep is named from mint, the herb, and an old word julep that once meant a 'sweet, soothing drink'. One popular story says people in the hot American South mixed crushed ice, sugar, bourbon and fresh mint in a frosty cup to cool down, so that's why today mint julep means this cold bourbon cocktail.