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Eggnog

//ˈɛɡ.nɑɡ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A beverage based on milk, eggs, sugar, and nutmeg; often made alcoholic with rum, brandy, or whisky; popular at Christmas. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a punch made of sweetened milk or cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor wordnet

Etymology

American English c. 1775 (although drinks like it are attested far earlier, e.g. posset, of which a monastic Christmas recipe used eggs), from egg + nog. The second element is uncertain and long-debated; prominent claims include Norfolk dialect nog (“strong ale”), or a clipping of noggin (“small, carved wooden mug used to serve alcohol”) (q.v.). Another hypothesis is that it is a variant of grog (“rum-and-water cocktail”).

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