strong waters

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Helms alone does not drink strong waters of any kind.

From Time Magazine Archive

Perhaps only through such filters as Alexander platz will Joyce's strong waters be made potable to the public.

From Time Magazine Archive

Added to "strong waters" and ice, the mint with its delicate flavor, its cooling, soothing qualities, made the perfect drink for Virginia gentlemen during the humid midsummer.

From Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century by Jester, Annie Lash

Then we were rubbed with strong waters, the which did greatly refresh us, and then, mounting our seventh pair of horses, we did set out for Windsor.

From With Ring of Shield by Magee, Knox

The still-room maid is not extinct, but I doubt whether the distilling of strong waters is now carried on in the region over which she presides.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest