Bloody Mary
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- noun
- /ˈblʌdi ˈmɛri/
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Bloody Mary
- Maybe you should slow down on the Bloody Marys.
- drink a Bloody Mary
- make a Bloody Mary
- order a Bloody Mary
Examples
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Make mine a Bloody Mary.
Fiction book (1998) -
Trace, how do you like your Bloody Marys?
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I'll have a Bloody Mary.
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And I'll have a Bloody Mary.
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Headache, how about a Bloody Mary?
Fiction book (2002) -
I used to like Bloody Marys.
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A Bloody Mary, please, not too spicy.
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We'll have Bloody Marys and wait for Nate to arrive.
Fiction book (1996) -
Good, all we need is.. some celery sticks and we can have a couple Bloody Marys.
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I'll start my brunch with a spicy Bloody Mary and some toast.
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
bloody + Mary
This is a conventionalized proper name for a cocktail and its meaning cannot be derived from the constituents 'bloody' (an adjective/expletive or hinting at red) and 'Mary' (a personal name). While 'bloody' might suggest redness, combining that with a personal name does not predict a beverage; the sense is lexicalized and language-specific, so learners who only know the parts would not infer the cocktail meaning.
Etymology
Bloody Mary for the cocktail likely comes from the deep red colour of the tomato juice, with bloody meaning 'like blood'. That strong colour image made the name fit the spicy drink.