fuzzy navel

noun

variants or Fuzzy Navel

: a cocktail made with peach schnapps and orange juice

… sipping the dregs of Fuzzy Navels, a refreshing orange juice and peach schnapps beverage popular in these parts.

—Bil Gilbert, Sports Illustrated, 19 Dec. 1988

Word History

First Known Use

1985, in the meaning defined above

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