highball

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A highball is perfect to show off the colorful assortment of cranberries, sliced honeycrisp apples and wheels of orange citrus artfully set off by one final garnish: a single woodsy star anise.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2023

At the Up & Up in Greenwich Village, the cocktail menu has both illustrations and a key showing rocks, highball and stemmed glasses.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 3, 2023

Fill a highball glass with ice, and, if you like lime, wet the rim and inside of the glass with lime juice.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023

The three-ingredient version is a bright low-sugar sip; adding orange liqueur makes for something like a margarita in highball form.

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2021

Sipping a highball after dinner, hearing the rushing of water in the electric dishwasher in the kitchen, I brought up a question that had puzzled me.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck