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  • noun A liqueur made of egg yolks, sugar and strong liquor, typically brandy.

Etymologies

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From Dutch

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Examples

  • "Apart from cheese and tulips, the main product of the Netherlands is advocaat, a drink made from lawyers."

    dustbury.com » Hillary: makeover time? 2008

  • Scientology Dutch defeat p2p news/p2pnet: - The Dutch Supreme Court will provide a ruling on the Church of Scientology — that is, if the court follows the advice [Dutch - PDF] of its independent counsel, advocaat-generaal Verkade, which is more than likely.

    Scientology Dutch defeat 2005

  • Scientology Dutch defeat p2p news / p2pnet:- The Dutch Supreme Court will provide a ruling on the Church of Scientology — that is, if the court follows the advice Dutch - PDF of its independent counsel, advocaat-generaal Verkade, which is more than likely.

    Scientology Dutch defeat 2005

  • And after the meal they had sat and talked and plied Rose with advocaat, and Marijke had suggested that when Rose was free again, she might like to spend a few hours with her.

    A Girl Named Rose Neels, Betty 1986

  • Imagine, then, that we are the guests of the charming wife of a successful counsel ( 'advocaat en procureur') -- Mr. Walraven, let us call him -- settled in a large and prosperous provincial town.

    Dutch Life in Town and Country P. M. Hough

  • This year whisky, gin, vodka, rum and sticky seasonal oddities such as Irish cream and advocaat all come in at under a tenner a bottle, with even better offers for bulk purchases.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • De letselschadespecialist en advocaat regelen een passende schadevergoeding! condividi - cerca i tuoi siti preferiti -

    Ultimi bookmark postati su Segnalo 2009

  • Place ice cubes in highball glass (es) and pour the advocaat, pour the chilled lemonade to fill the glass (es), serve garnished with slice of lemon.

    EveryJoe 2009

  • It is an oddly shaped crystal number, the sort of thing in which your granny might serve up an advocaat, but it has, like all his glasses, been quite deliberately chosen.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

  • De advocaat van het Island recordlabel verslikte zich zowat in zijn koffie toen hij de video van Duffy te zien kreeg.

    Feeds4all documents in category 'SEO' 2008

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  • An eggnog chiefly mixed and bottled in Holland made from eggs, sugar, and brandy with vanilla and coffee flavoring. The full name is advocaatenborrel, Dutch for "advocate's (lawyer's) drink."

    February 24, 2007