water crouton

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English

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A water crouton (right) next to a crouton

Etymology

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From water +‎ crouton (a small, often seasoned, piece of dry or fried bread).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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water crouton (plural water croutons)

  1. (slang, humorous) Synonym of ice cube.
    • 2010 December 20, @kB0bby, Twitter[1]:
      Water croutons!
    • 2015 June 27, @ojailola, Twitter[2]:
      I'm in the mood for soup. Ha! "With frozen water croutons" :-) [quoting a sign outside of a bar, pictured in the tweet]
    • 2017 July 20, @dazzat1960, Twitter[3]:
      Hmmm...whiskey with frozen water croutons
    • 2019 November 18, @flytoasiaaa, Twitter[4]:
      some water croutons will be great rn 😔
    • 2021 December 19, @bluebirdpoopies, Twitter[5]:
      whiskey with a water crouton
    • 2023 April 23, u/nvmsocool, “ich🍺iel”, in r/ich_iel[6], Reddit:
      In my 32 years and countless bars along the us west coast I have never seen a single water crouton in a beer. Practically a crime.