Word info

dry martini

Noun

Meaning

dry martini (countable and uncountable, plural dry martinis)

A cocktail made from gin or vodka mixed with a splash of vermouth.
Synonym: silver bullet

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I am prepared to believe that a dry martini slightly impairs the palate, but think what it does for the soul. Alec Waugh

I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini. Paul Desmond

And I would like a medium Vodka dry Martini - with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred, please. I would prefer Russian or Polish vodka. Ian Fleming

He was white and shaken, like a dry martini. P. G. Wodehouse

I must get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini. Alexander Woollcott

You ought to get out of those wet clothes... and into a dry martini. (Мей Уест в един от филмите си.) Mae West

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