English Explanatory Dictionary

Death in the Afternoon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An alcoholic cocktail made with absinthe, champagne, and sometimes a twist of lemon.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Death in the Afternoon.wav

Word forms

Death in the Afternoon Death in the Afternoons

Etymology

Invented by Ernest Hemingway (the recipe was first published in 1935) and given the same name as his 1932 book Death in the Afternoon.

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