Definition of eggnog
:a drink consisting of eggs beaten with sugar, milk or cream, and often alcoholic liquor
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Much as one doesn’t need a roasted turkey or eggnog to celebrate Christmas, there does not need to be a certain menu in place to make an iftar dinner.
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Nor does the flan, which tastes a little too much like rompope, or Mexican eggnog.
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December’s offerings were a sausage, peppers and onions sandwich, parmesan fries and a gingerbread-eggnog shake.
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Yvonne Albrecht, 52, was working at a stand that served glühwein, eggnog and soft drinks when the rampage began, two stands away.
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The board canceled the party (but not just because of the eggnog comment).
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Spike the eggnog and enjoy the performances of Jonathan Groff, Murray Bartlett, Frankie J. Alvarez and Raúl Castillo. ‘
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Do your relatives pick the holiday gathering as the perfect time to catalogue all of your manifold shortcomings, turning Christmas into Judgement Day with eggnog?
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By the time the eggnog was gone, the green dots had coalesced around a drawing by Barney Hatt of Lotus Design in England.
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First Known Use of eggnog
circa 1775
EGGNOG Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of eggnog for English Language Learners
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: a drink made of eggs beaten with sugar, milk or cream, and often alcoholic liquor
EGGNOG Defined for Kids
eggnog
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Definition of eggnog for Students
:a drink made of eggs beaten with sugar, milk or cream, and often alcoholic liquor
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