Nutcracker

Definitions

1. An implement for cracking nuts.
2. Ellipsis of nutcracker doll.
   abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, ellipsis
3. Any bird of the genus Nucifraga in the crow family.
4. A bootleg mixed drink made from a blend of alcohols and fruit juices.
   New-York-City, US
5. Something that is difficult to figure out; a puzzle.
   informal

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Examples

“The colorful bottles have⟳ popped up every summer in black and Hispanic communities — from the bodegas of Washington Heights to the stoops of Fort Greene — since the early 1990s. On beach boardwalks, at neighborhood basketball courts and block⟳ parties, New Yorkers are drinking nutcrackers, boozy homespun cocktails made from a blend of alcohol and fruit juices.”

“I hadn't been to school for a while so the math was a real nutcracker”

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