thickshake
nounEtymology From thick + shake.
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Australia, New Zealand A beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with other flavorings as well.
- He looked up at Gestas and said, “Get me a Carvel vanilla thickshake.” “Sir?” “You heard me. A vanilla thickshake. And not one of those watered down things they pass off in the cafeteria. I want the real thing.”2009, George R. Hopkins, Collateral Consequences: A Mystery/Suspense Novel, →ISBN:
- Again—we stopped to get something to eat. I got a thickshake and some hot chips but only managed to eat one chip and was lucky if I took a sip of the thickshake —I was beginning to feel worse and worse.2011, Lisa Wisemantel, Smiling on the Inside, →ISBN:
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- All Johnny really had on his schedule was a plan to order a thickshake, which to him represented the ultimate American experience.2013, Jeff Apter, Johnny O'Keefe: Rocker. Legend. Wild One, →ISBN, page 1923:
- The idea was to win her heart by getting really close and really pointedly ignoring her, only this time – and here was the genius of it – at McDonalds.^([sic]) I ordered a thickshake and some fries and as I walked nonchalantly past her table, my attention fixed on a Hamburgler^([sic]) poster in the middle distance, a tiny rift opened in the space-time continuum.2002, Craig Bolland, I Knit Water, →ISBN, page 132:
- Edek sipped his chocolate thickshake. She and Edek were the oldest people in McDonald's.2015, Lily Brett, Too Many Men, →ISBN:
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An imitation milkshake (in locales where "milkshake" refers to the drink specified above), often containing no milk.
- Pawpaw contains an enzyme papain which breaks down protein and is said to help clear mucus and excess saliva excretions. Give this thickshake a try; it is really easy to swallow and tastes wonderful.1993, Janet Martin, Jane Backhouse, Good looking, easy swallowing: