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toddy
noun 3
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3ADJ.
better
VERB + TODDY
belonged, drink
TODDY + NOUN
drawer, nothing
Definitions
noun
1
The sweet sap from any of several tropical trees fermented to make an alcoholic drink.
[…] the cocoa-nut tree yields a pure draught from a dry and barren land; a cup of water to the temperate and thirsty traveler; a cup of cream from the pressed kernel; a cup of refreshing and sparkling toddy to the early riser; […]
Moti Guj was very fond of liquor—arrack for choice, though he would drink palm-tree toddy if nothing better offered.
2
The drink itself.
3
Ellipsis of hot toddy.
Yonatan brings them all dandelion toddies and places down a caddy on the center of their table crowded with bottles of hot sauce, packets of tapioca pearls, salt, utensils, and miniature divination games
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[…] the cocoa-nut tree yields a pure draught from a dry and barren land; a cup of water to the temperate and thirsty traveler; a cup of cream from the pressed kernel; a cup of refreshing and sparkling
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Moti Guj was very fond of liquor—arrack for choice, though he would drink palm-tree toddy if nothing better offered.
Wiktionary03
A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.
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