julep

Examples

• All

• On a hot summer day, nothing beats a refreshing julep made with fresh mint and bourbon.

• Men sipped juleps and smoked on deck while their wives played cards.

  Fiction book (2002)

• You know the secret to a really good julep?

  Thank You for Smoking (2005)

• - Give me a julep.

  Robot Jox (1990)

• There will be a mint julep waiting on the other side, son.

  Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)

• - No, l'd love a mint julep right now.

  The Daytrippers (1997)

• Oh, Stanley, I'm gonna have to have a mint julep to cool down after that one.

  Valentine's Day (2010)

• Bring me a julep.

  Blog text (27)

• The smell of bluegrass, the taste of a tall mint julep in a frosty glass.

  Fiction book (2000)

• "I thought you’d at least have a mint julep," I said to Lisa.

  Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

C

cocktail

vsjulep

288 2.8

A cold drink made by mixing different kinds of alcohol and other ingredients

is a specific sweet southern version often using bourbon and crushed ice

M

mint julep

vsjulep

• US

5 7.2

A cold drink made with bourbon, sugar, mint, and crushed ice

is a general sweet mixed drink often exemplified by that southern recipe

Compounds

M

mint julep

• US

5 7.2

A cold drink made with bourbon, sugar, mint, and crushed ice

How Alcoholic

julep

• US

8 8.5

cocktail

288 2.8

spritzer

11 6.1

shandygaff

• Archaic

9.9

Surface Forms

Etymology