noun
a cocktail made of whiskey and bitters and sugar with fruit slices
• Hypernyms: ↑cocktail
* * *
(sometimes caps.) a cocktail made with whiskey, bitters, water, and sugar, and garnished with citrus-fruit slices and a cherry.
[1900-05]
* * *
old-fash|ioned «OHLD FASH uhnd», adjective.
1. of an old fashion; out of fashion: »
an old-fashioned dress. The writing was old-fashioned and rather uncertain, like that of an elderly lady (Charlotte Brontë).
SYNONYM(S): out-of-date, fusty.2. keeping to old ways or ideas: »
an old-fashioned housekeeper.
3. (of a child) old or mature in his ways: »
“Oh! the old-fashioned little soul!” cried Mrs. Blimber (Dickens).
–old´-fash´ioned|ly, adverb.
old fashioned,
a cocktail made of whiskey, sugar, and bitters with a slice of orange and a cherry, mixed with soda and served cold.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.