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pumpkin-spice latte en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of pumpkin spice latte.
    • Even if the furthest you’d ever consider backpacking is to the nearest Starbucks, in the hope of catching their Black Friday closeout sale on pumpkin-spice lattes, an honest description of your vacation plans can be positioned as a positive. 2022 November 25, Bob Goldman, “Out-of-Office or Out-of-Your-Head? You Decide.”, in Star-Herald, page A4:
    • What’s that in the air? The first crisp hints of fall? The sound of crunching, fallen leaves beneath your feet? The smell of pumpkin-spice lattes in seemingly every other person’s hands? 2022 October 1, Brent Hallenbeck, “Consider these arts and entertainment events happening in October”, in Burlington Free Press, page 6A:
    • At a Tri-State Tollway oasis, Rares Ungureanu, 24, was ordering about 8 ounces more coffee than he normally drinks. “I’m tired,” said Ungureanu, clad in a Sox jersey. “I’m definitely tired, but it was worth it.” He had been up until 2 a.m. watching the postgame coverage, then had to get up less than four hours later. Doug Cayce, 35, was right there with him, hoping a pumpkin-spice latte might provide the jolt he needed. 2005 October 27, Virginia Groark, Kayce Ataiyero, “Sox fans a mixed bag of giddy, groggy”, in Chicago Tribune, section 1, page 9:
    • Prices for a cup of pumpkin-spice latte range from about $3.55 for a small to about $4.55 for a large. 2012 September 27, Paradise Afshar, “Pumpked for pumpkins”, in The Miami Herald, 110th year, number 13, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8NC:
    • The bagelry just introduced its pumpkin-spice latte and capuccino^([sic]) freeze, and it will have these seasonal favorites through Christmas. 2005 November, Shawn Gadberry, “It tastes like fall’s here”, in The Fig Garden Villager, page 9:

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