From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishginger aleˌginger ˈale / $ ˈ.../ noun [countable, uncountable] DFDa non-alcoholic drink that tastes of ginger and is often mixed with alcohol
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ginger ale• Ham and cheese and a ginger ale sounds great.• But I fix her her bourbon and ginger ale with the dash of ReaLemon just the way she likes it.• We made small talk to everyone we knew and I drank rather a lot of gin and ginger ale.• His friend stood on the porch with him, agitating in his hand a paper cup full of whisky and ginger ale.• We had some cans of ginger ale in a cooler, but they had gone bad, exploded.• Make it a glass of plain ginger ale.• Mike poured me a Johnny Walker Black, then filled his own glass with ginger ale.• Fresh coffee and cookies, punch with ginger ale and lime sherbet floating in it. 