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blackgin cocktail

blackgin cocktail

9.4
A mixed drink made with black gin and other ingredients
  • noun
translation icon : cóctel de ginebra negra
  • At the trendy lounge, she ordered a blackgin cocktail garnished with a slice of orange.

Examples

  • He learned how to mix a classic blackgin cocktail during his bartending course.

  • The bartender recommended a blackgin cocktail for guests who prefer unique, herbal flavors.

  • I ordered a blackgin cocktail at the bar.

  • The blackgin cocktail was surprisingly refreshing!

  • At the trendy lounge, she ordered a blackgin cocktail garnished with a slice of orange.

  • He learned how to mix a classic blackgin cocktail during his bartending course.

  • The bartender recommended a blackgin cocktail for guests who prefer unique, herbal flavors.

Surface Forms

blackgin cocktail singular
blackgin cocktails plural

Morphology

blackgin + cocktail

Although 'blackgin' is not listed in the dictionary entry, it is transparently analyzable as black + gin, so 'blackgin cocktail' straightforwardly denotes a cocktail made with a (black) gin. This noun-noun compositional pattern is regular and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows 'black', 'gin' and 'cocktail' would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Blackgin cocktail likely comes from drinks made with a dark spirit called black gin. Bartenders began calling any mixed drink 'made with black gin' a Blackgin cocktail, so today the name means 'a cocktail made with black gin'.