hot toddy

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Noun

hot toddy (countable and uncountable, plural hot toddies)

  1. A drink made from alcoholic liquor (usually whisky) mixed with sugar, spice and hot water.
    • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep:
      After that I sat around in the apartment and drank too much hot toddy trying to crack the code in Geiger's blue indexed notebook.
    • 2025 December 9, Sarah Sloat, “Is it a good idea to have a hot toddy when you’re sick?”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      The hot toddy has a reputation as a folk remedy for illness. And if you’re sick, a steaming cup of whisky, honey, lemon, and water can sound like a lot more fun than crackers and broth.
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