Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Dr. Pepper
soft drink, patented 1906 by the Dr. Pepper Co., Dallas, Texas, named for U.S. physician Dr. Charles Pepper.
Usage examples of "dr. pepper".
In the office, he went directly to the refrigerator and got a cold Dr. Pepper.
Between mouthfuls of cheeseburger and gulps of Dr. Pepper, he kept the dialectic going, moving sequentially from topic to topic, attacking each one as if it were an enemy to be vanquished.
Two hundred and forty school districts in thirty-one states have sold exclusive rights to one of the big three soda companies (Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper) to push their products in schools.