daiquiri

noun

dai·​qui·​ri ˈda-kə-rē How to pronounce daiquiri (audio) ˈdī- How to pronounce daiquiri (audio)
: an alcoholic drink that is usually made of rum, crushed fruit or fruit juice, and sugar
a frozen strawberry daiquiri

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Marquez highlights the power of mezcal as a substitute for the base spirit in many classic cocktails, notably the daiquiri. —Rachel King, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024 Frozen layers of piña colada and strawberry daiquiri are blended together perfectly for a sweet, refreshing treat under the Miami sun. —Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024 As a result, the daiquiri is made with banana rum, Aphrodite bitters, and spices; the gimlet contains Opihr gin, curry leaves, and pink peppercorns; and the martini combines vodka, Kashmiri chili, and pickle brine. —Anna Sulan Masing, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024 Large, strong tiki drinks, like its guava banana daiquiri or piña colada, pair well with the restaurant’s island-style bites. —Tim Ebner, Washington Post, 10 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for daiquiri 

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Etymology

after Daiquirí, village and beach east of santiago de cuba

Note: Invention of the drink has been attributed to Jennings Stockton Cox, Jr. (1866 or 67-1913), an American mining engineer who was general manager of the Spanish-American Iron company (see New York Times obituary, September 2, 1913, p. 7). Mines developed by the company were located in the mountains several miles north of Daiquirí. An early attribution of the drink to Cox is by the journalist and fiction writer Richard Harding Davis ("Breaking into the Movies," Scribner's Magazine, vol. 55, no. 3, March, 1914, p. 284): "And for our immedate needs there were … at disturbingly frequent intervals trays loaded with the insidious Daiquiri cocktail. This latter is the creation of the late Jennings S. Cox, for some time manager of the iron mines, and it is as genial and as brimful of brotherly love as was the man who invented it. It consists of Barcardi [sic] rum, limes, sugar and cracked ice …." The papers and photographs of the Cuban socialite Carmen Puig, part of the Cuban Heritage Collection of the University of Miami Library, contain a handwritten recipe for the drink purporting to be Cox's original (see scanned view at the library's Digital Collections website).

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of daiquiri was in 1920

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daiquiri

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dai·​qui·​ri ˈdak-ə-rē How to pronounce daiquiri (audio) ˈdī-kə- How to pronounce daiquiri (audio)
: a cocktail made usually of rum, lime juice, and sugar
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