Milk punch

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A hot Irish drink, scáiltín, made from equal amounts of hot whiskey and milk. uncountable, usually

    "He listened, and with respect too, to Mr. Foker’s accounts of what the men did at the University of which Mr. F. was an ornament, and encountered a long series of stories about boat-racing, bumping, College grass-plats, and milk-punch—and began to wish to go up himself to College to a place where there were such manly pleasures and enjoyments."

  2. 2
    a punch made of spirits and milk and sugar and spices wordnet
  3. 3
    A cold beverage of milk, bourbon, sugar, and vanilla extract, common in New Orleans. uncountable, usually

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"He listened, and with respect too, to Mr. Foker’s accounts of what the men did at the University of which Mr. F. was an ornament, and encountered a long series of stories about boat-racing, bumping, College grass-plats, and milk-punch—and began to wish to go up himself to College to a place where there were such manly pleasures and enjoyments."

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