milk punch

noun

: a mixed drink of alcoholic liquor, milk, and sugar

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Nonalcoholic concoctions include hojicha orange milk punch and an adzuki swizzle. Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025 The childlike joy of lapping up ice cream rolled in peanuts and cilantro during a scorching Taipei summer is channeled into a bracing milk punch named Run Bing With Nai Nai, blending smoky-sweet rhubarb liqueur with oolong tea and Mexican peanut candies. Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 May 2025 The milk punch, made with clarified coconut milk, pineapple juice and rum, tastes like a tropical vacation. Valeriya Safronova, New York Times, 1 May 2025 Enlarge / Benjamin Franklin's recipe for milk punch, included in a 1763 letter to James Bowdoin. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for milk punch

Word History

First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of milk punch was in 1702

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“Milk punch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milk%20punch. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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