A screwdriver minus the alcohol. Thus, a virgin screwdriver is merely a new way of saying "orange juice".
> Johnny Q-Bert: I'm too young to drink alcohol, but I enjoy drinking a virgin screwdriver every morning before going to school.
> Tracey Lafayette: Shut up slacker!
> Johnny Q-Bert: Okay.

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学英语单词
above one's station
absolute anchor point
absolute system
active intermediate
admiralty redwood viscosimeter
almsgiver
alpraxolam
anaerobic culture dish
anthologization
anti-invasive
automated radar enroute services (ares)
awnings
Barbour jacket
be brought to a standstill
behave to
belt take-up
Beshtasheni
Brereton scale
Carche, Sa.del
Central American Monetary Union
Chodsko
cholecystopathy
circuit breaker box
clear the court
Cleobury Mortimer
clerodendron disparifolium b1.
consquamatic acid
cooz
copulatory organ
copywronged
Cornouaille
corrugated plastic sheet roofing
Crane, Hart
cross-linked polymer
delustering finish
dialing into
dimple
direct coal liquefaction
divided type disk wheel
druggists
dynamic load simulator
endowment policies
formatendon
geoplasma
grody to the max
handling characteristics
hoddy-doddy
iliopectineal ligaments
immunocompatibility
implacental
integrated circuit breadboard
intestinal knot syndrome
iron pole
isochromosomes
keeping superior informed
Lobaye, Préfect.de
mahmudi
mcbrayne
mean-square deviation
MiG-27, MIG-27
N. A. C.
neutral grey glass
NSTT
Nucleus premamillaris
odd-lot
ODONT
perchance
phlebostenosis
piplartine
polysynthetic composition
prebankruptcy
principal mode of vibration
Pulmin
pusia lubens
quainton
rahuis
Real IRA
recovery of core
reflecting square
Rhizoma Homalomenae
ride the brake
Ripuarians
sag tie
seamless crown
sirrocozone system
social-problem
somatic sensation
stair stringer
stammering out
station force
support aviation
tanle
tannin red cell test
Teremkovite
the insane
trademark symbol
transformation of tax transit
unpleated pants
unresnably
ventral valve
voyage estimates
Wirrabara