Shirley Temple Definition

noun
Any of various drinks mixed to resemble a cocktail but containing no alcohol and often garnished with a maraschino cherry.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • shirley temple (black)
  • black

Origin of Shirley Temple

  • Named after Shirley Temple, famous child actress from the 1920s to 1940s.

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Shirley Temple Sentence Examples

  • The little girl was adorable in a Shirley Temple kind of way.

  • Around this time, Shirley Temple and Roy Rogers were popular movie stars, and Cherry Cokes were frequently called by the stars' names.

  • Grenadine syrup is used in many alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, such as a Virgin Shirley Temple.

  • Even in the financially strapped eras of the 1930s and 1940s, girls' party clothes featured plenty of frills (think of Shirley Temple in any of her movies).

  • They soon discovered that the name Mighty Joe Young was already taken, and so they switch to a somewhat vulgar name including the name Shirley Temple.

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