Pimm's

English

Alternative forms

• Pimms

Noun

Pimm's (countable and uncountable, plural Pimm's)

1. Ellipsis of Pimm's Cup.
   • 1981, Hamilton T. Caine, Carpenter, Detective, Charter Books, →ISBN, page 106:

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

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

     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.

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

     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.

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

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

   • 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 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.

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

     “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. […]”

   • 2022, Jeremy John, The Strange Grave of Mikey Dunbar: and Other Stories to Make You Poop Your Pants, Dundurn Press, →ISBN:

     She will have two Pimm’s and then go home before it gets late. The bar only stocks Pimm’s for her, it is an old, English summer drink and no one has ever ordered it but her.