white whisky

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a drinkable dilution of ethyl alcohol, distilled from cereals.

Quotations

1897

He was lodging with Louis Charron, a small farmer . . . who sold whisky--"white whisky"--without a license.

1901

Rouge Gosselin flung off his glass of white whisky, and threw after it another glass of cold water.