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noun

Ginger n.

(Bot.) A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Zingiber officinale.

The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine.

Ginger ale

(a)

a soft drink flavored with ginger and carbonated.

(a)

See ginger beer, below.

Ginger beer or Ginger ale, a mild beer impregnated with ginger.

Ginger cordial, a liquor made from ginger, raisins, lemon rind, and water, and sometimes whisky or brandy.

Ginger pop. See Ginger ale (above).

Ginger wine, wine impregnated with ginger.

Wild ginger (Bot.), an American herb (Asarum Canadense) with two reniform leaves and a long, cordlike rootstock which has a strong taste of ginger.

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"Ginger ale" Quotes from Famous Books

... newspaper astronomical misinformation—which the learned Miss Moore good-naturedly corrected. It was her suggestion that the household should make a night of it: "Let's all go up on the roof and see the show!" So the friendly gayety was planned—a supper in the basement dining room at half past eleven—ginger ale! ice cream! chocolate! Then an adjournment en masse to the top of the house. Of course Miss Moore, engineering the affair, invited the Curtises, confident of a refusal—and an acceptance;—both of which, indeed, ...

— The Vehement Flame • Margaret Wade Campbell Deland

... of delight. "Can't you see Matt?" he cried hilariously. "Having supper with a massive actress!" He slapped his thighs delightedly. "Matt swilling ginger ale and saying, 'You're 's' dev'lish fine womansh.' ... No, don't start scrapping, Matt; I've just put on a clean collar ... and it's got ...

— The Long Trick • Lewis Anselm da Costa Ritchie

... the yeller fever and been shot plum full of holes; I've grabbed an army mule plum by the tail; But I've never been so snortin', really highfalutin' mad As when you up and hands me ginger ale. Anonymous. ...

— Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp • Various

... there lurks in the supposedly innocuous amber of ginger ale an elevating something which the temperance reformers have overlooked. Wilberforce Bray had, if you remember, tucked away no fewer than three in the spot where they would do most good. One presumes that the child, with all ...

— The Clicking of Cuthbert • P. G. Wodehouse

... well-lit quarters, where on a mahogany sideboard was a tray holding decanter, siphon, and glasses, together with a bottle of ginger ale. The captain, after he had mixed a beverage for his passenger, opened the bottle for himself. ...

— The Iron Trail • Rex Beach