Scotchka

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UK/skɒtʃkə/US/skɑt͡ʃkə/

noun

A cocktail consisting of equal parts Scotch whisky and vodka.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounScotchka (countable and uncountable, plural Scotchkas)

plural Scotchkas

  1. countableuncountableA cocktail consisting of equal parts Scotch whisky and vodka.

    In that he samples a chemistry prof's drink, scotch with a vodka undertone, and proposes a new drink entirely: “Scotchka.”

    1958, Harold Wallace Ross, William Shawn, Tina Brown, David Remnick, Katharine Sergeant Angell White, Rea Irvin, Roger Angell, edited by Elwyn Brooks White, The New Yorker, volume 34, F-R Publishing Corporation, page 94
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    Not bad. Kind of scotchy, with a vodka undertone. Why don't you market it? Call it “Scotchka.” Well, I've got a lot of work to do—

    1958, Norman Krasna, Who was that Lady I Saw You With?: A New Comedy, Random House, page 6

    They asked me what kind of Scotch I used and how much I had put in the drink. I said just a jigger and the Scotch was a well-known brand. But the complaints got louder. Then I checked on the carafe of water. I had been pouring vodka instead of water. What they were drinking was Scotch and vodka, or Scotchka.

    1959, Gentlemen's Quarterly: GQ., volume 29, Esquire, page 148

    If you've been to a screening, then you know about the spoons, the games of catch, the tuxes, the scotchka, “Hi, Denny,” and when it's appropriate to break into the Full House theme or bellow “focus/unfocus!” and “Go! Go! Go! Go!”

    2011 December 7, Bob Batchelor, Cult Pop Culture: How the Fringe Became Mainstream [3 volumes], volumes 1-3, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 103

    Lisa gets Johnny drunk on a peculiar mixture of vodka and whiskey (which Room fans have christened the Scotchka) in order to accuse him of hitting her

    2018 March 20, Tom Bissell, “Great and Terrible Truths”, in Magic Hours, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 216

    We're talking about the right kind of cult, where people get to maintain their status as thinking individuals but also have the opportunity to spend a few days every year dressing like aliens, drinking scotchka, or […]

    2019 August 1, Daniel Harmon, Super Pop!: Pop Culture Top Ten Lists to Help You Win at Trivia, Survive in the Wild, and Make It Through the Holidays, Zest Books ™, →ISBN

Origin

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APA

Scotchka. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scotchka

MLA

“Scotchka.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scotchka. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Scotchka,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Scotchka.

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