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Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple noun: a nonalcoholic cocktail traditionally made with ginger ale, grenadine syrup, and orange juice garnished with a maraschino cherry and slice of lemon. The ginger ale is commonly substituted with lemon-lime soft drink, and the orange juice is commonly left out.

Noun

Shirley Temple (plural Shirley Temples)

  1. A nonalcoholic cocktail traditionally made with ginger ale, grenadine syrup, and orange juice garnished with a maraschino cherry and slice of lemon. The ginger ale is commonly substituted with lemon-lime soft drink, and the orange juice is commonly left out.

Forms of Shirley Temple

pluralShirley Temples

Origin of Shirley Temple

Named after Shirley Temple, famous child actress from the 1920s to 1940s. Compare German Schorle.

Questions about Shirley Temple

What does Shirley Temple mean?
Shirley Temple means a nonalcoholic cocktail traditionally made with ginger ale, grenadine syrup, and orange juice garnished with a maraschino cherry and slice of lemon. The ginger ale is commonly substituted with lemon-lime soft drink, and the orange juice is commonly left out.
What part of speech is Shirley Temple?
Shirley Temple is a noun.
What is the plural of Shirley Temple?
The plural of Shirley Temple is Shirley Temples.

Words near Shirley Temple in the dictionary

  1. Shirley cards
  2. Shirley Holms
  3. Shirley poppies
  4. Shirley poppy
  5. Shirley sauce
  6. Shirley Temple
  7. Shirley Temples
  8. shirling
  9. shirls
  10. shirmal
  11. shiro

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