MINT JULEP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mint julep mean? 

• MINT JULEP (noun)
  The noun MINT JULEP has 1 sense:

1. bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice

  Familiarity information: MINT JULEP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINT JULEP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

julep; mint julep

Hypernyms ("mint julep" is a kind of...):

highball (a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass)

Meronyms (substance of "mint julep"):

bourbon (whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels)

 Context examples 

"Open the whiskey, Tom," she ordered. "And I'll make you a mint julep. Then you won't seem so stupid to yourself. . . . Look at the mint!"

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

The notion originated with Daisy's suggestion that we hire five bathrooms and take cold baths, and then assumed more tangible form as "a place to have a mint julep."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"Now see here, Tom," said Daisy, turning around from the mirror, "if you're going to make personal remarks I won't stay here a minute. Call up and order some ice for the mint julep."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)