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swizzle stick

noun

  1. a rod for stirring highballs and cocktails in the glass.


swizzle stick

noun

  1. a small rod used to agitate an effervescent drink to facilitate the escape of carbon dioxide
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of swizzle stick1

First recorded in 1875–80
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The South Carolina license plate on the Honda stopped in front of me at a red light, and its silhouette of the state’s signature palm looking regrettably like a tarantula atop a swizzle stick.

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He made me an engagement ring out of a plastic swizzle stick a few nights later at a sushi bar.

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Also included are a champagne swizzle stick and a metal-mounted foliate cocktail stick holder.

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Use a swizzle stick or your finger to place the drops, then smear them gently and wait for the liquid to dry.

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Mr. Johnson is more likely to keynote at the annual meetings of Wall Street banks than serve as the swizzle stick at a professional mixer.

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