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milk punch

milk punch noun: a hot Irish drink, scáiltín, made from equal amounts of hot whiskey and milk.

Noun

milk punch (usually uncountable, plural milk punches)

  1. (usually) A hot Irish drink, scáiltín, made from equal amounts of hot whiskey and milk.
    • He listened, and with respect too, to Mr. Foker’s accounts of what the men did at the University of which Mr. F. was an ornament, and encountered a long series of stories about boat-racing, bumping, College grass-plats, and milk-punch—and began to wish to go up himself to College to a place where...1946-50, William Makepeace Thackeray, Pendennis, ch 3
  2. (usually) A cold beverage of milk, bourbon, sugar, and vanilla extract, common in New Orleans.

Forms of milk punch

pluralmilk punches

Questions about milk punch

What does milk punch mean?
Milk punch means a hot Irish drink, scáiltín, made from equal amounts of hot whiskey and milk.
What part of speech is milk punch?
Milk punch is a noun.
What is the plural of milk punch?
The plural of milk punch is milk punches.

Words near milk punch in the dictionary

  1. milk pea
  2. milk powder
  3. milk powders
  4. milk pudding
  5. milk puddings
  6. milk punch
  7. milk replacer
  8. milk replacers
  9. milk roll
  10. milk rolls
  11. milk round

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