long drink

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Noun

long drink (plural long drinks)

(idiomatic) A relatively weak (low alcoholic content per volume) and voluminous mixed drink, typically containing lots of ice and mixer.
Synonym: tall drink

Coordinate terms: medium drink, short drink, shot

Hypernyms: mixed drink, cocktail

Hyponym: highball
- 2008, Hamlyn, Hamlyn All Colour Cookery: 200 Cocktails: Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook, Hachette UK (→ISBN)
  Long drinks generally have more mixer than alcohol and are often served with ice and a straw. The terms ‘straight up’ and ‘on the rocks’ are synonymous with the short drink, which tends to be more about the spirit, which is often combined with a single mixer, at most.

Descendants

⇒ Finnish: lonkero
→ German: Longdrink

Translations

large mixed drink

Estonian: pikendaja
Finnish: pitkä juoma
French: long drink (fr) m
Galician: cacharro m
German: Longdrink m
Hungarian: alkoholos koktél, long drink
Spanish: combinado (es) m

Further reading

long drink on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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