cocktail glass

noun

: a bell-shaped drinking glass usually having a foot and stem and holding about three ounces (90 milliliters)

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Hundreds of teaspoons covered the floor, dozens of cocktail glasses were suspended from a dinner jacket and red arms with white fur fingernails reached out from the wall towards a mannequin’s head that was a mass of red roses. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 21 July 2025 Shake hard for eight to 10 seconds and strain into a cocktail glass or coupe. Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 July 2025 Stir together 2 tablespoons (1 ounce) each of peach nectar and liqueur in each of 2 (6-oz.) coupes or cocktail glasses. Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2025 Press lemon wedge around inside of a cocktail glass. Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for cocktail glass

Word History

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cocktail glass was in 1873

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“Cocktail glass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocktail%20glass. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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