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martini
/mɑɹˈtini/
noun 6name 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
blind, cheaper, dry, excellent, polished, small, smoked
VERB + MARTINI
butt, drank, drink, like, makes, want
MARTINI + NOUN
mantel, olives, something
PREP.
in, off, on, with
ADV.
then
Definitions
noun
1
A cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth.
Will you join us at six o’clock for martinis?
My boss is out on another of his three-martini lunches.
2
Any cocktail served in a cocktail glass, often sweet or fruity and aimed at women.
I love the chocolate martinis at Trendy Bar!
noun
1
A breech mechanism for a rifle.
2
A type of rifle using similar features.
Now the butt of a Martini in the small of your back hurts a great deal
noun
1
Alternative letter-case form of martini (a cocktail made with gin or vodka and vermouth).
Only the priest and Major Hugh Edwards, a blind Englishman, drank Martini or something cheaper in the hot hours after noon and before the clumping sabots announced the working day’s end.
They would talk while Mrs Costello smoked and drank Martini, and then there would be the sudden, jolting sound of the hoover being switched on.
2
A brand of Italian vermouth available in several versions, from the Martini & Rossi company.
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Will you join us at six o’clock for martinis?
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My boss is out on another of his three-martini lunches.
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Even at Juneau's prices, ten dollars worth of martinis is a lot of liquor to drink in an hour.
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Now the butt of a Martini in the small of your back hurts a great deal
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Only the priest and Major Hugh Edwards, a blind Englishman, drank Martini or something cheaper in the hot hours after noon and before the clumping sabots announced the working day’s end.
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They would talk while Mrs Costello smoked and drank Martini, and then there would be the sudden, jolting sound of the hoover being switched on.
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