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                                                      : a usually iced drink of wine or distilled liquor mixed with flavoring ingredients                                      
                
                    
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                                                      : something resembling or suggesting such a drink as being a mixture of often diverse elements or ingredients                                      
              
                             
a cocktail of remembered incidents and pure imagination— Charlotte Low
Charlotte Low
                                       a cocktail of herbicides
                         
                
                    
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                                                      : a mixture of agents usually in solution that is taken or used especially for medical treatment or diagnosis                                      
                
                    
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                                                      : an appetizer served as a first course at a meal                                      
                
                    
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                                                      : of, relating to, or set aside for cocktails                                      
              
                             
a cocktail hour
                         
                
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                                                      : designed for semiformal wear                                      
              
                             
a cocktail dress
                         
                
                    
                                
              
          
                                                      : a horse with its tail docked                                      
                
                    
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