dry martini
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Noun
dry martini (countable and uncountable, plural dry martinis)
- A cocktail made from gin or vodka mixed with a splash of vermouth.
- Synonym: silver bullet
- 2009, Juan Poblete, “Condorito, Chilean Popular Culture and the Work of Mediation”, in Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste, Juan Poblete, editors, Redrawing the Nation: National Identity in Latin/o American Comics (New Directions in Latino American Cultures), Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 48:
- Yet, when he arrives at the party, everybody is dressed in typically modern urban fashion and is dancing the Charleston and mambo, and drinking dry martini, frappé mint, or whisky.
- 2012, M.W. Fletcher, To Unleash a Force, Andrews UK Limited, →ISBN:
- “I approve,” Max, commented as he eyes took in the beauty before him, “are you still drinking dry martini.” “Yes,” replied Maria. Max beckoned a waiter over. “A dry martini with lemonade for the lady and I’ll have a Jack Daniel’s and coke, with plenty of ice.”
- 2013, Lezanne Clannachan, chapter 22, in Jellybird, Orion Books, published 2014, →ISBN:
- The pier, in whose dank shadows she and boys whose names she has forgotten drank dry martini straight from the bottle, long after Thomas had disappeared.
Swedish
Noun
- dry martini
- Synonym: (slang) drajja