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snake juice

noun

  1. slang.
    any strong alcoholic drink, esp when home-made
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of snake juice1

C19: perhaps so called from its poisonous effects
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Distillers threw rotten fruit and molasses waste in the gallon to brew with ammonium chloride to produce something called “snake juice,†which was collected by lepers and taken around the city.

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One of the presents is a “Funcooker,†while a bottle of “Snake Juice†sits in a corner of the room.

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You did yesterday, but this mornin' you've got some grub in you, you got somethin' more like a clear head, an' I don't guess any snake juice would help matters along very fast.

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