: a drink consisting of eggs beaten with sugar, milk or cream, and often alcoholic liquor
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There is some eggnog in the truffles, but the additional nutmeg and rum extract are what replicate the flavor of eggnog.
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Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2024
Food vendors dish up holiday favorites and Puerto Rican classics (try coquito, Puerto Rico’s answer to eggnog), and musicians play live sets.
—Discover Puerto Rico, AFAR Media, 20 Dec. 2024
Believe it or not, between sipping delicious eggnog and hot cocoa and enjoying the joy of Yuletide with family and friends, there are still naughty killjoys afoot during Christmastime — the worst of which appear in some of the best holiday films.
—Mike Miller, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
This kind of show needs a cast willing to dive headlong into the curdling eggnog (or, specifically here, a vat of premade Manhattans to null the pain) and Cullman has the right crew, with Mare Winningham and David Rasche playing the flailing parents.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2024
Food vendors dish up holiday favorites and Puerto Rican classics (try coquito, Puerto Rico’s answer to eggnog), and musicians play live sets.
—Discover Puerto Rico, AFAR Media, 20 Dec. 2024
Believe it or not, between sipping delicious eggnog and hot cocoa and enjoying the joy of Yuletide with family and friends, there are still naughty killjoys afoot during Christmastime — the worst of which appear in some of the best holiday films.
—Mike Miller, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
This kind of show needs a cast willing to dive headlong into the curdling eggnog (or, specifically here, a vat of premade Manhattans to null the pain) and Cullman has the right crew, with Mare Winningham and David Rasche playing the flailing parents.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
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eggnog
noun
egg·nog
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: a drink made of eggs beaten with sugar, milk or cream, and often alcoholic liquor
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