quinine water

quinine water
noun
lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
Syn: ↑tonic, ↑tonic water
Hypernyms: ↑soft drink
Substance Holonyms: ↑gin and tonic
Substance Meronyms: ↑quinine

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noun
: a carbonated beverage flavored with a small amount of quinine, lemon, and lime

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carbonated water containing lemon, lime, sweetener, and quinine, often used as a mixer. Also called tonic, tonic water.
[1950-55]

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quinine water noun
A beverage made by flavouring water with quinine, lemon, etc
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Main Entry:quinine

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quinine water,
a carbonated drink containing a small amount of quinine and a little lemon and lime juice: »

Sales of quinine water, a rising star on the fizz-water horizon, have moved up from about 100,000 cases in 1949 to about 1.2 million cases last year (Wall Street Journal).


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