: a drink consisting of eggs beaten with sugar, milk or cream, and often alcoholic liquor
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The porcelain set features four dinner plates, salad plates, and mugs, offering a sturdy base for Christmas ham, sugar cookies, and a cool glass of eggnog.
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Kelsey Mulvey, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
Flavors: There are around 100 of them, from chocolate marshmallow to coffee almond fudge to blueberry pie, although some (e.g. baklava, eggnog, peach, peppermint stick) are seasonal.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
Among the merriment cruisers will find are food stands with eggnog, fruitcake, and gingerbread, and gift markets with local crafts.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2023
Pick up a bottle around the holidays and get ready to be enthralled by eggnog once again.
—Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
But our ability to digest rum-spiked eggnog may be due to a massive climate shift that occurred millions of years ago.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2014
But then there's In a Holidaze, a romantic explosion of holiday joy that will have readers drunk on its feel-good vibes quicker than a cup of eggnog.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2020
Meanwhile, a pair of Atlanta hotels are all about fire pit access, with Kimpton Overland at the Atlanta airport giving away marshmallow martinis with a seat by the Apron fire pit, and the The Kimpton Sylvan Hotel in the Buckhead neighborhood offering eggnog by the Willow Bar fire pit.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2021
Bottles recommends a ratio of 1 part spirit to 5 parts prepared eggnog.
—Lauren Phillips, Southern Living, 29 June 2020
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Kelsey Mulvey, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
Flavors: There are around 100 of them, from chocolate marshmallow to coffee almond fudge to blueberry pie, although some (e.g. baklava, eggnog, peach, peppermint stick) are seasonal.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
Among the merriment cruisers will find are food stands with eggnog, fruitcake, and gingerbread, and gift markets with local crafts.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2023
Pick up a bottle around the holidays and get ready to be enthralled by eggnog once again.
—Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
But our ability to digest rum-spiked eggnog may be due to a massive climate shift that occurred millions of years ago.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2014
But then there's In a Holidaze, a romantic explosion of holiday joy that will have readers drunk on its feel-good vibes quicker than a cup of eggnog.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2020
Meanwhile, a pair of Atlanta hotels are all about fire pit access, with Kimpton Overland at the Atlanta airport giving away marshmallow martinis with a seat by the Apron fire pit, and the The Kimpton Sylvan Hotel in the Buckhead neighborhood offering eggnog by the Willow Bar fire pit.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2021
Bottles recommends a ratio of 1 part spirit to 5 parts prepared eggnog.
—Lauren Phillips, Southern Living, 29 June 2020
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circa 1775, in the meaning defined above
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: a drink made of eggs beaten with sugar, milk or cream, and often alcoholic liquor
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