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advocaat

[ ad-voh-kaht ]

noun

  1. a Dutch liqueur made with brandy, sugar, and eggs.


advocaat

/ -ˌkɑːt; ˈædvə-; ˈædvəʊˌkɑː /

noun

  1. a liqueur having a raw egg base
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of advocaat1

1930–35; < Dutch, short for advocatenborrel drink that lubricates the throat of a lawyer, equivalent to advocaat lawyer ( advocate ) + -en- connective + borrel drink, nip < ?
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of advocaat1

C20: Dutch, from advocatenborrel, from advocaat advocate (n) + borrel drink
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Example Sentences

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“I’ll just set my bourbon and advocaat right there.”

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So says Jack Torrance, famously, in 1980’s “The Shining,” directed by Stanley Kubrick, and, accordingly, the combination of bourbon and advocaat, when prepared on purpose, is thus often called a Jack Torrance.

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Jack has a bourbon on the rocks in his hand, and the waiter spills three flutes of advocaat on his clothes and into his drink, inadvertently creating a beverage that Jack doesn’t even drink in the film.

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Under the experienced Advocaat, Feyenoord surged up the table to stand third behind Ajax and AZ Alkmaar when the coronavirus crisis halted matches and cast doubt on the remainder of the season.

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The 72-year-old Advocaat has trained teams including PSV Eindhoven, Glasgow Rangers and the national teams of the Netherlands, Russia and South Korea.

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