dandelion and burdock
(UK) A drink traditionally flavoured with dandelion root and burdock root, sometimes fermented.
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drinks, i used to love dandelion and burdock as a wean, fentimans cola is supposedly great, i used to be a slut for lucozade 100% you should get the irn bru 1901, it’s the best (but i’m scottish so biased)
I've not seen Dandelion and Burdock since I left home to go to uni in the late 80s
Corona set up by the grocers Thomas & Evans in Llanishen, Cardiff. Bring back dandelion and burdock!
A nice dandelion and burdock to accompany #TheArchers this evening
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(UK) A drink traditionally flavoured with dandelion root and burdock root, sometimes fermented.
“drinks, i used to love dandelion and burdock as a wean, fentimans cola is supposedly great, i used to be a slut for lucozade 100% you should get the irn bru 1901, it’s the best (but i’m scottish so biased)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I've not seen Dandelion and Burdock since I left home to go to uni in the late 80s”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Corona set up by the grocers Thomas & Evans in Llanishen, Cardiff. Bring back dandelion and burdock!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A nice dandelion and burdock to accompany #TheArchers this evening”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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