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Examples of sloe gin in a Sentence
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These inclusions give sloe gin a deep, punch-like color and a liqueur-like sweetness.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 26 Apr. 2024
Traditionally containing brandy or - if shooting - sloe gin, John Lewis is bringing it up to date with this commemorative Gin in a Tin (£33) in a very regal purple with a touch of cardamom.
—Sarah Turner, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
In Parks’s photograph, the lights are arrayed on the walls behind the figure in a modernist and rhythmic arrangement that reads as an extension of the music emanating from his two turntables (presumably Louis Armstrong, whom the narrator listens to while eating vanilla ice cream and sloe gin).
—New York Times, 11 June 2021
Did Loretta Lynn and Jack White really ever drink a pitcher of sloe gin fizz in Portland?
—oregonlive, 4 Oct. 2022
Available at Guard and Grace in Denver, the 99 Problem cocktail includes Deviation citrus rose gin, sloe gin, peach, lemon, Prosecco float.
—Aly Walansky, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
Back at Dromoland Castle, O’Dwyer leads a cooking class that not only prepares all the food gathered (think, blackberry pies and nettle pesto), but also teaches participants how to preserve it (sloe gin, anyone?).
—Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Feb. 2022
Substitute it for traditional simple syrup in daiquiris, mojitos, sloe gin fizzes, and, best of all, French 75s.
—Beth Segal, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2021
Trash heaps near ancient homes contained the remains of hazelnuts, crab apples and sloes (also known as blackthorns, the berries are used to make sloe gin).
—Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1895, in the meaning defined above
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“Sloe gin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sloe%20gin. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
sloe gin
noun
: a sweet reddish liqueur flavored chiefly with sloes
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