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English milk

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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in Indian parlance, rum.

See: milk,moose milk(def. 2),new milk

Quotations

1761

Minavavana requested that his young men might be allowed to taste what he called my English milk (meaning rum) . . . observing that it was long since they had tasted any. . . .

1926

. . . they [Indians] welcomed him as a brother, offered him the pipe, and asked for English milk (rum).