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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—T

Toddy

A favourite Scotch beverage compounded of spirits, hot water, and sugar. The word is a corruption of taudi, the Indian name for the saccharine juice of palm spathes. The Sanskrit is toldi or taldi, from tal (palm juice). (Rhind Vegetable Kingdom.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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