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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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Martinis are a classic treat that manages to exude both class and fun with the many different ways they can be made.

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"With a bespoke range of Martinis and signature cocktails, sophisticated interiors and some of the UK's best locations, Dirty Martini is one of the industry's fastest growing bar groups."

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The Art of the Martini book includes all the classic Martinis and dozens of delicious new recipes by the author Aram Gesar and ones complied during his travels visiting famous bars in the US and Europe.