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Pimm's
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English
Alternative forms
en Pimms
Noun
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en Pimm's Cup.
en Hamilton T. Caine Carpenter, Detective Charter Books 1981 106 0-441-09162-8 I ordered Pimm’ses for us both and Spike gave me a funny look.
US 11 276 It was only four thirty but Gerald was marking his guests’ arrival with a Pimm’s, and Lady Partridge, with her son as her licence, accompanied him in a gin and Dubonnet.
en Tango Wayne Hidden Treasure w:Lulu.com 2005 93 978-1-4116-5635-2 Mum waded though Red’s excitement with a tea-towel in one hand and a Pimm’s in the other. Dad likes them strong, but cucumberless.
en w:Pete Wells Bottling the Bounty of the Season w:The New York Times 29 August 2007 Steeped cucumber ratafia with Pimm’s and Sprite is garnished with a squash blossom at T’afia in Houston.
en Paul Collins Hampstead Heath, London The Book of William: How Shakespeare’s First Folio Conquered the World New York, N.Y. Bloomsbury USA 2009 act II, scene i 61 https://archive.org/details/bookofwilliamhow00coll/page/61/mode/1up 978-1-59691-195-6 I cut past the Free Hospital, where staffers contradictorily smoke out front—down Haverstock, past the Hampstead Hill school sign advertising a pimm’s and strawberries on the lawn benefit, past the brilliantly named Downside Crescent, and on to the Legal Inn.
en Nell Hampton Lord of the Pies: A Kensington Palace Chef Mystery Crooked Lane Books 2018 978-1-68331-560-5 “I’ve brought the requested Pimm’s.” She put the glasses down in front of us. “Pimm’s cups are traditionally made with lemonade, lemon soda, and ginger beer. We add Créole Shrubb.” “Pimm’s is the drink to order at Polo matches.”
en Jeremy John The Strange Grave of Mikey Dunbar: and Other Stories to Make You Poop Your Pants w:Dundurn Press 2022 9781459751095 She will have two Pimm’s and then go home before it gets late. The bar only stocks Pimm’s for her, it is an old, English summer drink and no one has ever ordered it but her.
Derived terms
en Pimmlet
en eponyms