Dictionary

drinkholder en · NOUN

Etymology

From drink + holder.

Meanings

1. A receptacle for holding a cup, can, or bottle; cupholder.
   • An apple trembles in the drinkholder. 2010, Alex Taylor, The Name of the Nearest River, page 11:
   • The preferred Dexter-style drinkholders (which accommodate a can or bottle with or without a huggie) […] 1989 Feburary-June, Allen D. Berrien, “Spirit of America”, in Boating, volume 62, page 126:
   • Fine, but let's keep it brief, said Starx, and from the drinkholder scooped the walkie-talkie, told Griggs what was happening. 2014, Pasha Malla, People Park, page 166:
2. A cardboard box with several holes in the top, used by fast food sellers to hold multiple disposable cups; drink caddy.
   • He carried a drinkholder which held a half-dozen disposable cups with plastic lids (much like those in the Academy cafeteria). 2013, Kevin Hardman, Mutation, page 146:

Forms