ProbableFrom the people of the place
Cape Codder
noun · first attested 20th century
Named for the cranberry bogs, not the beaches.
A tall drink of vodka and cranberry juice served over ice.
41.7001°N -70.0328°W · Q49152
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- Attested
- 20th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Cape Cod
- In English
Cape Codder
The sandy wetlands behind the dunes made Massachusetts the center of American cranberry growing, and the peninsula's name came with the juice when growers pushed it as a mixer in the mid-20th century. The word is a plain demonym for a person from the Cape; the drink borrowed it.
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