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Meaning of milk punch | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A hot Irish drink, scáiltín, made from equal amounts of hot whiskey and milk.
    uncountable, usually
  2. A cold beverage of milk, bourbon, sugar, and vanilla extract, common in New Orleans.
    uncountable, usually

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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