milk punch
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A cold beverage of milk, bourbon, sugar, and vanilla extract, common in New Orleans.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
Usage
Inflected Forms
milk punches (plural)