Irish coffee

noun

: hot sugared coffee and Irish whiskey topped with whipped cream

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The bar opens early at 3pm for $9 hot toddies, Irish coffees and spiked cocoa. Anna Spiegel, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025 Marcus guzzled an Irish coffee as Cathy interrogated the students, all of them math majors. Hazlitt, 9 Dec. 2024 Bearing more than a passing resemblance to a tiny pint of Guinness, the cocktail drinks somewhere between a cold Irish coffee and a creamy espresso martini. Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2024 To serve one, pour 125ml hot black tea, brewed for four to five minutes, into an Irish coffee glass. Adrienne Wyper, theweek, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Irish coffee 

Word History

First Known Use

1875, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Irish coffee was in 1875

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“Irish coffee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Irish%20coffee. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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