Strega
(ˈstreɪgə)
The proprietary name of a kind of Italian liqueur flavoured with orange; a drink or glassful of this.
| 1910 Trade Marks Jrnl. 19 Jan. 104 Liquore Strega. Liqueurs. The firm trading as Ditta Giuseppe Alberti. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Lost Girl xvi. 358 Pancrazio took her to the place where she could drink coffee and a strega. 1922 ― Aaron's Rod xiv. 203 The waiter rattled off a list, beginning with Strega and ending with cherry brandy. 1938 E. Ambler Cause for Alarm iv. 63, I found..an empty Strega bottle. 1948 W. S. Maugham Here & There 25, I ordered coffee and strega, which is the best liqueur they make in Italy. 1974 K. Clark Another Part of Wood v. 179 The only penalty was that the meal traditionally ended with quantities of Strega, which gave one a sore head the next day. |