sloe gin
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- noun
- /sloʊ dʒɪn/
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licor de endrina
- She prepared a delicious cocktail using sloe gin and fresh tonic water.
- sloe gin fizz
- bottle of sloe gin
Examples
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She'll have the sloe gin fizz.
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I'd like a sloe gin fizz, please.
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Do we even have sloe gin?
Fiction book (2000) -
Yeah, we'll have a couple of sloe gin fizzes.
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I haven't had a taste of that sloe gin of yours this year.
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Let's go get a sloe gin fizz.
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Could you give this gentleman a sloe gin fizz?
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We made it back to camp and celebrated with sloe gin at the enlisted club.
Fiction book (1990) -
Okay, two sloe gin fizzes comin' up.
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To celebrate peace and other more common conditions, the enlisted club announced that drinks were a dime; sloe gin was the pleasure of the warriors that night.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
A strong sweet alcoholic drink made from the blackthorn fruit called sloes
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun compound 'sloe gin' literally denotes gin made with sloes; if a B1 learner knows 'sloe' (a tart dark berry) and 'gin' (a spirit), the meaning is compositionally predictable as gin infused with that fruit. This follows a common modifier+head pattern (fruit + spirit) and is therefore immediately comprehensible from its parts.
Etymology
Sloe gin comes from a simple country recipe: people put the dark berry called a sloe into a bottle of gin, add sugar, and leave it for months so the gin takes the berry's flavour and colour. That's why sloe gin means a 'sweet drink' made by infusing gin with sloes.