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noun ju·lep \ ˈjü-ləp \

Definition of julep

1 :a drink consisting of a liquor (such as bourbon or brandy) and sugar poured over crushed ice and garnished with mint

2 :a drink consisting of sweet syrup, flavoring, and water

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Cyn Shea's Cafe offers a gourmet espresso bar, boutique wines, and craft beers, as well as a popular mint julep tea.

— special to al.com, AL.com, "Huntsville's coffee scene is heating up," 27 Aug. 2017
White supremacists and Confederate apologists want other white people to join them in their half-baked fantasies of the antebellum South—plantations with white columns, dirt roads framed with Spanish moss, hoop skirts and mint juleps.

— virgie townsend, Harper's BAZAAR, "I Am a Descendant of Slaveholders. Charlottesville Demands My Honesty About White Supremacy.," 17 Aug. 2017
The spirits, however, are not offered straight up or on the rocks; use ’em to spike watermelon lemonade and julep tea for $5 more.

— michael klein, Philly.com, "Let's Eat: Turning up the Korean cooking," 9 Aug. 2017
From the impressive cocktail menu comes a killer mint julep.

— tara bradley connell, Orlando Signature, "Showing off our Hometown," 28 July 2017
Featured drinks will be mint juleps, watermelon vodka lemonade and rum punch, along with wine and beer.

— elizabeth moore, NOLA.com, "Safe Harbor crowd 'mixes' fun in Mandeville before main event July 29," 21 July 2017
The swanky 1920s art deco haven beckons with gin rickeys and mint juleps.

— marlise kast-myers, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Long haul to Alaska," 20 July 2017
The South, which does not always think things through, entered The War believing its officer class could merely hurl mint juleps at the encroaching Yankees and glare insolently.

— rick bragg, Southern Living, "When Fireworks Go South," 11 July 2017
Now it’s hardly surprising that Sawant, a socialist, isn’t having GOPers over for mint juleps.

— danny westneat, The Seattle Times, "In Seattle, is it now taboo to be friends with a Republican?," 2 June 2017

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Origin and Etymology of julep

Middle English, from Middle French, from Arabic julāb, from Persian gulāb, from gul rose + āb water

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