Definition of Rickey

1. Noun. A mixed drink made of sweetened lime juice and soda water usually with liquor.

Generic synonyms: Mixed Drink
Specialized synonyms: Gin Rickey

Definition of Rickey

1. Proper noun. A variant of Ricky, diminutive of the male given name Richard. ¹

2. Noun. A cocktail made with lime and carbonated water. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rickey

1. an alcoholic beverage containing lime juice, sugar, and soda water [n -EYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rickey

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rickey (current term)
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Literary usage of Rickey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey by Francis Bazley Lee, Lewis Publishing Company (1907)
"(I) Alexander rickey, born in 1680, the pioneer ancestor of the rickey family in a direct line in this country, was a native of Edinboro, Scotland, ..."

2. Illustrated History and Biographical Record of Lenawee County, Mich by John I. Knapp, Richard Illenden Bonner (1903)
"was composed of eleven men and thirteen women, as follows: Joseph rickey, ... on the 19th of November, 1831, John Whitney, Reuben Tooker, Joseph rickey, ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1860)
"Translated from the French by JC REEVE, MD Cincinnati : rickey, Mallory and Company, 1859. 12mo. pp. 178. IT is well known that all great discoveries are ..."

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