cooldrink, noun

/ˈkuːldrɪŋk/
Origin:
Afrikaans, English, Jamaican and Bahamian EnglishShow more Probably translation of Afrikaans koeldrank soft drink; however the Afrikaans may be influenced by English. The term has been used in Jamaican and Bahamian English since the 1700s.
A soft drink, whether carbonated, powdered, made from a concentrate, or home-made; a bottle, glass, can, or other container of such a drink. Also attributive.
1930 M. Raubenheimer Tested S. Afr. Recipes 93Lemon syrup,..Will make six bottles of syrup. Use with water as a cool drink.
1940 M.G. Gilbert Informant, Cape Town, Western CapeIt was too hot for lunch, so we only had a cool drink.
1953 D. Jacobson Long Way from London 53We found the Africans sitting on the pavement in the sun,..eating bread and drinking bottles of cool-drinks.
1969 A. Fugard People Are Living There 49Get us a cake...Cooldrinks, peanuts and raisins.
1969 A. Fugard People Are Living There 54We can’t toast you with cooldrink.
1974 Bona Mar. 56Richard went to the kitchen and brought from the refrigerator a litre of cooldrink. Michael..held the glass of cool-drink firmly between his hands.
1982 Sunday Times 19 Sept. (Mag. Sect.) 25Just sit and watch the fun with a vetkoek in one hand and a fizzy mamba-green cooldrink in the other.
1984 Rand Daily Mail 17 Jan. 3A police spokesman said yesterday a bomb had ripped through a cool-drink factory early on Sunday morning.
1990 M.M. Hacksley (tr. of E. van Heerden) in Lynx 203He squirted the cold soda into plastic glasses, Ma added Oros and we all sat staring into the night with the fizzy cooldrink in our cheeks.
1993 Pace July 2We darkies are fond of expensive funerals..our bills include buying of beasts, cakes, cooldrinks, caskets and hiring of expensive cars to ferry mourners.
A soft drink, whether carbonated, powdered, made from a concentrate, or home-made; a bottle, glass, can, or other container of such a drink. Also attributive.
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