Minicast Bonus: Cocktail
Dec 19, 2025•7 min
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Episode description
In this bonus A Way with Words minicast, Martha and Grant look into the myriad stories behind the word cocktail. Does the drink name come from feathers? Horses? Something up a horse’s rump? It’s a weird wandering down etymology lane…
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