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margarita1
noun
A cocktail made with tequila and citrus fruit juice.
‘I wish their food was as good as their margaritas’- ‘Drinks include a variety of margaritas, sangria, tequila, rum and, if you don't drink alcohol, strawberry and mango smoothies.’
- ‘In real life do you prefer margaritas or beer or whisky?’
- ‘That night, the three of us drank mint juleps and margaritas and watched ‘Blacula.’’
- ‘Slam tequilas, mix margaritas and groove to South Island's hottest salsa and house as DJ's turn the volume up.’
- ‘Suppliers and operators agree that customers are becoming more aware of the tequila in their margaritas.’
- ‘It was clear from the blackboard that it would be a good place for a party, with caipirinhas, minty mojitos and margaritas served by the pitcher.’
- ‘Choose fruity delights from lemon-rich margaritas to orange-rich sangrias.’
- ‘Someone has to keep running in and out of the house to mix up a fresh batch of pina coladas, margaritas and the like.’
- ‘I think I will go find a beach somewhere and sit there with a margarita or a mai-tai or something.’
- ‘When I mentioned this, a friend told me she had been burned by drops of lime juice when making margaritas on her patio in the sun.’
- ‘If they bring their own tequila, they can order a pitcher of fresh limeade or watermelon juice to make margaritas.’
- ‘Hungry customers gorged on Tex-Mex food and washed it down with beer or margaritas.’
- ‘The three of us went out to a bar in town and talked for ages over Imperial beer and margaritas.’
- ‘After a pig roast they made the fire huge and they all sat around the fire drinking beer and margaritas.’
- ‘Everything on the menu is best enjoyed with a fishbowl-sized margarita or a lime-injected beer - so dig in.’
- ‘Gary poured Karl's whiskey and he mixed Kat's margarita with too much tequila.’
- ‘The wine and margaritas flowed freely, and the cake was just as tasty as the mahi mahi with strawberry salsa.’
- ‘Still, tequila sales are increasing, both in margaritas and shots.’
- ‘They offer seven margaritas and at least twice that number of sipping tequilas.’
- ‘Since you need tequila for this recipe, why not serve margaritas as you cook?’
Origin
From the Spanish given name equivalent to Margaret.
margarita2
adjective
US- variant spelling of margherita (adjective)‘we split a Caesar salad and a margarita pizza’
- ‘The margarita pizza reminded me of the pizza in Florence.’
- ‘We ordered the antipasto and a margarita pizza.’
- ‘The pizza Margarita was tasty enough.’
- ‘In the 21 years since, the menu remains the same, along with pizza options and 16 - or 32-ounce margaritas.’
- ‘The home of the Margarita pizza, Naples offers wonderful opportunities for the feeder.’
- ‘Others enjoyed pizzas, which appeared quite decent as far as pizzas go (ranging in price from 2.10 leva for a small Margarita to 7.90 leva for a large pizza with seafood toppings).’
noun
USA margherita pizza.
- ‘I had the margarita—the crust was just the perfect balance of soft and crunchy’
Origin
From margherita, altered by analogy with margarita.
Margarita3
proper noun
An island in the Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Venezuela. Visited by Columbus in 1498, it was used as a base by Simón Bolívar in 1816 in the struggle for independence from Spanish rule.
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