About The Word Toddy
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Toddy
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What's The Definition Of Toddy?
[n] a mixed drink made of liquor and water with sugar and spices and served hot
Synonyms | Synonyms for Toddy: hot toddy Related Terms | Find terms related to Toddy: See Also | mixed drink | rum | Tom and Jerry Toddy In Webster's Dictionary \Tod"dy\, n. [Formed from Hind. t[=a]?[=i] the juice of
the palmyra tree, popularly, toddy, fr. t[=a]? the palmyra
tree, Skr. t[=a]la.]
1. A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East
Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by
fermentation.
2. A mixture of spirit and hot water sweetened.
Note: Toddy differs from grog in having a less proportion of
spirit, and is being made hot and sweetened.
{Toddy bird} (Zo["o]l.), a weaver bird of the East Indies and
India: -- so called from its fondness for the juice of the
palm.
{Toddy cat} (Zo["o]l.), the common paradoxure; the palm cat.
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