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mar·ti·ni

(mär-tē′nē)

n. pl. mar·ti·nis

A cocktail made of gin or vodka and dry vermouth.

[Alteration of earlier Martinez (probably influenced by Martini & Rossi, trademark for a brand of vermouth), perhaps after Martinez, a city in western California where it was supposedly invented in the mid-1800s.]

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Martini

(mɑːˈtiːnɪ)

n, pl -nis

1. (Brewing) trademark an Italian vermouth

2. (Brewing) a cocktail of gin and vermouth

[C19 (sense 2): perhaps from the name of the inventor]

Martini

(Italian marˈtiːni)

(Biography) Simone (siˈmoːne). ?1284–1344, Sienese painter

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mar•ti•ni

(mɑrˈti ni)

n., pl. -nis.

a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth.

[1885–90, Amer.; perhaps alter. of Martinez (an earlier alternate name of the drink, of disputed orig.)]

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martini - a cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth

gin - strong liquor flavored with juniper berries

cocktail - a short mixed drink

vodka martini - martini made with vodka rather than gin

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martini

Martini

® [mɑːˈtiːnɪ] N

1. (= vermouth) → vermú m

2. (= cocktail) → martini m (vermú seco con ginebra)

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martini

n → Martini m

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Nobody seemed to notice the unusualness of a Martini at midnight, though Daylight looked sharply for that very thing; for he had long since learned that Martinis had their strictly appointed times and places.

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Abbas beati Martini, SCILICET REX FRANCIAE, est canonicus de consuetudine et habet parvam proebendam quam habet sanctus Venantius, et debet sedere in sede thesaurarii .

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Stand by with the Martini as soon as I've given him both barrels of this."

There was a roar like the sound of a small cannon (the biggest sort of elephant-rifle is not very different from some artillery), and a double streak of flame, followed by the stinging crack of a Martini, whose long bullet makes nothing of a crocodile's plates.

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"And a Martini cocktail for me," the young man ordered.

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However, as a Portman Group co-signatory, we respect the ruling and will be changing the name to Passion Star Martini."

M&S forced to change name of Porn Star Martini after ONE complaint; It breached a code linking alcohol to sexual activity

The retailer is renaming its version of the popular cocktail Passion Star Martini after a ruling found the original title linked the alcoholic product to sexual success.

Bit of a stir over name of cocktail

The IHSA doesn't award a girls soccer Player of the Week, but if it did, Rachel Martini would be deserving.

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Bosses at Dirty Martini say the Slug and Lettuce copied their angel wing selfie-wall that is "synonymous" with the bar.

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Daniel Coffer, development director for Dirty Martini, posted a side-by-side image of a Dirty Martini bar's angel wings on Instagram, with the caption: "They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Dirty Martini accuse Slug and Lettuce of copying their design; Both bars have selfie-walls with angel wings

Outgoing Italian Consul General Elisabetta Martini was honored by the Italian Cultural Club in Jeddah on Sunday.