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  • noun Plural form of swizzle.

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Examples

  • "swizzles" and Blake was exploring Dusty's faded memories as busily as

    Never-Fail Blake Arthur Stringer 1912

  • The menu includes tropical touchstones, a Mai Tai and a Pisco Punch, swizzles and punches, boozy and classic New York cocktails, all about $13.

    Sunshine in a Glass 2011

  • Crushed ice Finely crushed ice is great for creating frosty tiki drinks, swizzles and smashes—and creates a pretty drink when packed high in a julep cup or double Old-Fashioned glass.

    With Ice, Size Matters Kimberly Chou 2011

  • And there's a place for pebbled and crushed ice, too: mint juleps, swizzles and many tiki drinks wouldn't be possible without them.

    With Ice, Size Matters Kimberly Chou 2011

  • A steward on the Hamburg-American passenger liner Reliance said his U.S. patrons “learned about Daiquiri cocktails at Havana, rum swizzles at Trinidad, and punch at Kingston.”

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • A steward on the Hamburg-American passenger liner Reliance said his U.S. patrons “learned about Daiquiri cocktails at Havana, rum swizzles at Trinidad, and punch at Kingston.”

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • Doing things like snow-plow stops and backward swizzles is a big tougher since hockey skate blades are shorter and don't have the very back end of the blade used for balance in regular ice skating.

    The Sun Was Supposed to Be Put Away Today phoenixhavok 2005

  • He also served up galIons of planter's and boom - boom punch; rum toddies; Jamaica coffee; swizzles; fog-cutters-and an amazing quantity of good old-fashioned neat whiskey.

    The Season of the Machete Patterson, James, 1947- 1977

  • He also served up galIons of planter's and boom - boom punch; rum toddies; Jamaica coffee; swizzles; fog-cutters-and an amazing quantity of good old-fashioned neat whiskey.

    The Season Of The Machete Patterson, James, 1947- 1977

  • You mustn't forget that I was a big, loose, rangy 180-pounder, and standin 'there -- I can see it now; I didn't then -- but me standin' there, with the heat of warm exercise and three West Indian rum swizzles oozing out of me on that tropic afternoon, I c'n see now I wasn't any winged angel to look at.

    Sonnie-Boy's People 1912

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