strong waters
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Perhaps only through such filters as Alexander platz will Joyce's strong waters be made potable to the public.
From Time Magazine Archive
Helms alone does not drink strong waters of any kind.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the sternest of reasons the Commandant had, for two or three years past, denied himself the taste of strong waters.
From Major Vigoureux by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Not content with their own manufactured liquors, the thirsty colonists imported strong waters, gin and aniseseed cordial from Holland, and wine from Spain, Portugal, and the Canaries.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse
The excise, during the civil wars, was levied on bread, flesh-meat, as well as beer, ale, strong waters and many other commodities.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by Hume, David
