Topic: DRINK
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| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | Probably from cocktail 'horse with a tail cut short so that it looks like a male chicken's, horse of mixed breed (with such a tail), mixture' (1800-1900) |
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cock‧tail
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[countable]1DFD an alcoholic drink made from a mixture of different drinks
2 small pieces of fish, prawns, or lobster served cold with a sauce and eaten as the first part of a meal
seafood/prawn/lobster cocktail
DFD4 a mixture of several things which is dangerous, unpleasant, confusing, or exciting
