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CLARET CUP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does claret cup mean?
• CLARET CUP (noun)
The noun CLARET CUP has 1 sense:
1. a punch made of claret and brandy with lemon juice and sugar and sometimes sherry or curacao and fresh fruit
Familiarity information: CLARET CUP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A punch made of claret and brandy with lemon juice and sugar and sometimes sherry or curacao and fresh fruit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("claret cup" is a kind of...):
cup (a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl)
Meronyms (substance of "claret cup"):
brandy (distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice)
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