toddy

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ताड़ी (tāṛī).

Noun

toddy (countable and uncountable, plural toddies)

  1. Clipping of hot toddy.
    • 2020, Julian K. Jarboe, Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel: Stories, Lethe Press, →ISBN, page 115:
      Yonatan brings them all dandelion toddies and places down a caddy on the center of their table crowded with bottles of hot sauce, packets of tapioca pearls, salt, utensils, and miniature divination games
  2. (dated) The sweet sap from any of several tropical trees fermented to make an alcoholic drink.
    • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:
      A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.

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Descendants

  • Finnish: toti

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