Pimm's

alternative Pimms

1. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Pimm's Cup.

   I ordered Pimm’ses for us both and Spike gave me a funny look.

   1981, Hamilton T. Caine, Carpenter, Detective, Charter Books, →ISBN, page 106

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   It was only four thirty but Gerald was marking his guests’ arrival with a Pimm’s, and Lady Partridge, with her son as her licence, accompanied him in a gin and Dubonnet.

   2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 11, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 276

   Mum waded though Red’s excitement with a tea-towel in one hand and a Pimm’s in the other. Dad likes them strong, but cucumberless.

   2005, Tango Wayne, Hidden Treasure, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 93

   Steeped cucumber ratafia with Pimm’s and Sprite is garnished with a squash blossom at T’afia in Houston.

   2007 August 29, Pete Wells, “Bottling the Bounty of the Season”, in The New York Times

   I cut past the Free Hospital, where staffers contradictorily smoke out front—down Haverstock, past the Hampstead Hill school sign advertising a pimm’s and strawberries on the lawn benefit, past the brilliantly named Downside Crescent, and on to the Legal Inn.

   2009, Paul Collins, “Hampstead Heath, London”, in The Book of William: How Shakespeare’s First Folio Conquered the World, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury USA, →ISBN, act II, scene i, page 61

   “I’ve brought the requested Pimm’s.” She put the glasses down in front of us. “Pimm’s cups are traditionally made with lemonade, lemon soda, and ginger beer. We add Créole Shrubb.” […] “Pimm’s is the drink to order at Polo matches.[…]”

   2018, Nell Hampton, Lord of the Pies: A Kensington Palace Chef Mystery, Crooked Lane Books, →ISBN