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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A traditional Brazilian alcoholic drink prepared with cachaça, lime juice, sugar, and ice.

   "They thought of, I don’t know, monkeys and caipirinhas and samba.”"

Example

More examples

"They thought of, I don’t know, monkeys and caipirinhas and samba.”"

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese caipirinha (literally “little hillbilly”).

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