Toddy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Toddy is a noun meaning (South India) The drink itself.
Meaning
(South India) The drink itself.
More Meanings
- Ellipsis of hot toddy.
- (dated) The sweet sap from any of several tropical trees fermented to make an alcoholic drink.
Example Sentences
Moti Guj was very fond of liquor—arrack for choice, though he would drink palm-tree toddy if nothing better offered.
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.
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
[…] 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; […]
Word Forms
- toddies
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