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Meanings of mezcal in English

Portuguese
peiote
Catalan
peiot
Spanish
mezcal

A small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons.

peiote
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Examples for "mescal"
Examples for "mescal"
1
She says it was the mescal that made her husband do it.
Out of the Triangle: A Story of the Far East
2
No drink is more Mexican than pulque, not even tequila or mescal.
BBC
3
The pit being ready and the mescal gathered, the work of cooking commences.
The North American Indian, Vol. 1
4
But one drinks much mescal, and the other has a taste for quarrel.
Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 04
5
Here he fetched out and handed us a bottle of mescal.
Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 04
1
Among the most useful are heroin, morphine, opium, coca, hemp, and peyote.
The Status Civilization
2
I understand, however, that the symptoms of peyote poisoning and polio are identical.
Junky
3
The paleface kept turning colors, the way people do when you're on peyote.
The illuminatus! trilogy
4
Has their appreciation for the local stimulants ever extended to peyote?
The Guardian
5
There were supposedly many more before peyote was outlawed in 1967.
Reuters
1
Lophophora williamsii, the source of peyote, which Native North Americans have been using for an estimated 5,500 years.
Radio NZ
Usage of mezcal in English
1
He had followed a liter of mezcal with five bottles of Corona.
Gods go begging
2
They're Mezcallero 'Paches, and the'r food, th' mezcal, grows thick round ther'.
Captured by the Navajos
3
Yes; they spend a part of every year here-abouts, gatherin' mezcal.
Captured by the Navajos
4
There were briars, mezcal plants, and cacti-all luxuriant, hirsute, and thorny.
The Scalp Hunters
5
While speaking the colonel has poured out a glass of the distilled mezcal juice.
The Lone Ranche
6
John Ruth pours shots of mezcal into clay shooters for Oswaldo, himself, and Domergue.
The hateful eight
7
It is the agave, the far-famed mezcal-plant of Mexico.
The Scalp Hunters
8
One of the men was more coherent-Pedro ,whoused to sell mezcal to the troop.
The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse
9
I arrived around 3pmand she met me at the gate with a glass of mezcal.
The Guardian
10
Then there is the individual touch of each maestro de mezcal -the master distiller.
The Guardian
11
Most tequila and mezcal is bottled without aging.
On food and cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen
12
It was a weird, fucked-up brand of mezcal.
The Guardian
13
Periodical shortages, related to the plant's long growing cycle, have always posed problems for mezcal and tequila.
The Guardian
14
But among fans of fine spirits, mezcal is winning the battle for hearts, minds, livers and wallets.
The Guardian
15
That evening, there was much merrymaking at the dance, and a great quantity of mezcal was drunk.
The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution
16
Jesse shook his unresponsive head, stirring up the mezcal and nightmares of last night and this morning.
Gods go begging
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Translations for mezcal
Portuguese
peiotemescal
Mezcal through the time