milk punchn.
/ˌmɪlk ˈpʌn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /ˈmɪlk ˌpən(t)ʃ/ A drink made of spirits mixed with milk and other ingredients.
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1702 W. Sacheverell Acct. Isle of Man 144 We Supp'd merrily, and afterwards made a Bowl of Milk-Punch.
1704 T. Pocock in J. K. Laughton Mem. Relating to Ld. Torrington (1889) 181 He treated me this evening with a bowl of milk punch.
1743 E. Moxon Eng. Housewifry (new ed.) 115 To make Milk Punch. Take two quarts of old milk, a quart of good brandy, the juice of six lemons or oranges,..and about six ounces of loaf sugar, mix them altogether [etc.].
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlix. 535 It smells, I think, like milk punch.
1854 G. A. Sala in Househ. Words 23 Dec. 439/2 Bottling milk punch by the thousand dozen.
1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island xx. 186 The characters seem always to be revelling on ham and eggs and milk punch. I generally go on a cupboard rummage after reading Pickwick.
1989 R. Baker Good Times xiv. 168 There was the bar, where I could sit over a brandy milk punch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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