| 词汇 | alexander |
| 词源 | Alexander. A cocktail made with creme de cacao, gin or brandy, and sweet cream, said to have been invented by and named for American author Alexander Woollcott in about 1925. “The lethal mixture . . . tasted like cream,” actress Helen Hayes once said. “I drank one down and took another and drank it down, and I was blind.” |
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