DCHP-3

keg angel

West, Slang, Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a person trading or selling whisky, especially as an illicit business, to the Indians.

Quotations

1963
. . . some of the old Western slang is worth repeating: . . . "tent pegs," (frozen beef steak ribs); "baked wind pills," (baked beans); "paperweights," (hot biscuits); "keg angels," (whisky traders).