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toddy

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Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi ताड़ी (tāṛī) / Urdu تاڑی (tāṛī)), ultimately from Dravidian.

noun toddies

  1. countable, dated, uncountable The sweet sap from any of several tropical trees fermented to make an alcoholic drink. […] the cocoa-nut tree yields a pure draught from a dry and barren land; a cup of water to the temperate and thirsty traveler; a cup of cream from the pressed kernel; a cup of refreshing and sparkling toddy to the early riser; […]
  2. India, South, countable, uncountable The drink itself.

    Similar: palm wine

  3. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of hot toddy Yonatan brings them all dandelion toddies and places down a caddy on the center of their table crowded with bottles of hot sauce, packets of tapioca pearls, salt, utensils, and miniature divination games

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noun hot toddy

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@misc{toddy_2026,
  title = {toddy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/toddy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}