(US, especially, New York City) A drink consisting of milk and soda water with vanilla or chocolate syrup.
One time soon after I got to town , I walked into a luncheonette on Charles Street, its long soda fountain retreating back from the street, and asked for an egg cream. The young woman behind the counter stood there, looking at me blankly…
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