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noun
A drink consisting of milk and soda water with vanilla or chocolate syrup.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-York-City, US, countable, especially, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
made of milk and flavored syrup with soda water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: soft drink
History
Various theories exist, since the drink contains neither eggs nor cream. See Egg cream in Wikipedia.
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
