strong waters
Example Sentences
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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
His ingratitude, his treachery, his petty pilfering, his resistence of a love which the strong waters of death could not extinguish.
From Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. by F. B. (Frederick Brotherton) Meyer
In the hall, within, a number of gentlemen, more or less mud-bespattered, regaled themselves with cheerful conversation, with strong waters of unexceptionable quality, and with their host, Mr. Cathcart's very excellent cigars.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Lucas Malet
Wholesome advice against the abuse of hot liquors, particularly coffee, tea, chocolate, brandy and strong waters.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
