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drunken noodles

drunken noodles noun: a spicy Thai dish made with wide, flat rice noodles, meat, vegetables, and basil.

Noun

drunken noodles pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A spicy Thai dish made with wide, flat rice noodles, meat, vegetables, and basil.
    • Could someone please post the receipe^([sic]) for a popular Thai restaurant dish called "Drunken Noodles" (I know it has fresh basil, chicken and noodles)?[1991 June 5, Hillel Sommer, “REQUEST: Thai Drunken Noodles & Chinese Sesame Noodles”, in rec.food.recipes (Usenet), retrieved 03 Apr 2022
    • […] that sometimes I get out of bed at night / and drive to town / for drunken noodles, three peppers hot, because I have to have them, / right away. […]2007 August, Nancy Henry, “Even Though”, in Our Lady of Let's All Sing, Kennebunk: Sheltering Pines Press, →ISBN, page 65, second printing

Synonyms of drunken noodles

Origin of drunken noodles

Calque of Thai ผัดขี้เมา (pàt-kîi-mao).

Questions about drunken noodles

What does drunken noodles mean?
Drunken noodles means a spicy Thai dish made with wide, flat rice noodles, meat, vegetables, and basil.
What part of speech is drunken noodles?
Drunken noodles is a noun.

Words near drunken noodles in the dictionary

  1. drunken driving
  2. Drunken Fist
  3. drunken forest
  4. drunken forests
  5. drunken from the furry cup
  6. drunken noodles
  7. drunken shrimp
  8. drunken trees
  9. drunken words are sober thoughts
  10. drunkendom
  11. drunkened

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