old fashioned
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5.6
- noun
- /oʊld ˈfæʃənd/
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Old Fashioned
- Richie ordered an old-fashioned, and Regan decided to have a mai-tai.
- old fashioned cocktail
- drinking an old fashioned
- a good old fashioned
It was the first one was the rum old fashioned.
- It was the first one was the rum old fashioned.
Examples
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She fixed two old-fashioneds and set one in front of me on the bar.
Fiction book (1990) -
Do you know how to make an Old Fashioned?
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I asked for an old-fashioned.
Fiction book (1997) -
I like to make a rye Old Fashioned, occasionally even those out.
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Angie mixed two more old-fashioneds and slid another to me.
Fiction book (1990) -
Pour into an Old Fashioned glass with one ice cube, add 3 maraschino cherries and 1 teaspoon of cherry juice.
Blog text (32) -
We fanned ourselves outside the strange tent and drank old-fashioneds from a thermos that smelled of chicken soup.
Fiction book (1997) -
I ordered an old fashioned at the bar because it's my favorite cocktail.
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During the party, she served an old fashioned made with top-shelf whiskey.
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He enjoys making an old fashioned with a twist of orange and a cherry on top.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun meaning 'a cocktail' is a lexicalized, culture-specific name and cannot be predicted from 'old' + 'fashioned' (which literally means 'in an earlier style'). A B1 learner who knows the constituents would likely interpret it as 'old-style' rather than a specific drink, so the beverage sense is idiomatic and not derivable from the parts.
Etymology
The cocktail old fashioned got its name when people asked for a drink made the 'old-fashioned' way, a simple mix of whiskey, sugar and bitters. So the name old fashioned uses the words old and fashioned to mean 'made in an old style' and now refers to this classic cocktail.