词汇 | dr pepper |
词源 | Dr. Pepper. The popular soft drink was so named by Texas druggist Wade Morrison in 1885 after a certain Miss Pepper, a Virginia belle whose father ended their courtship. The “tonic, brain food and exhilarant” (as it was called then) was invented by Charles Aldeston, a clerk in Morrison’s store. |
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