Meaning of Julep | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic herbs, especially mint, and sometimes alcohol.
2. A pleasant-tasting liquid medicine in which other nauseous medicines are taken.
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Examples

“He wouldnt even let⟳ old Wilkie touch⟳ it do you remember⟳ Gerald but always gathered it himself and made his own⟳ julep. He was as crochety about his julep as an old maid, measuring everything by a recipe in his head.”

“Yo, we be making mountains out of Cool Whip / Pass⟳ me the mint for the julep”

“In 1797 the American Museum described the Virginian who upon rising “drinks a julep made of rum, water, and sugar, but very strong.” The mint was added a few years later.”

“Contraction of the left ventricular orifice, with hypertrophy of the corresponding ventricle; catarrh at the superior part of the right lung. (Julep; digital; aperit. oxymel scillit.)”

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