| 单词 | rattlesnake whiskey |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrattlesnake whiskey rattlesnake whiskey n. (a) strong or illicit whiskey (now rare); (b) an alcoholic drink made with rattlesnakes; see quot. 1947 (rare). ΚΠ 1867 T. C. Baker Hist. U.S. Secret Service xix. 246 It is hardly worth the while to present to the Government a bill for a few decanters and rattlesnake whisky. 1907 Washington Post 5 Apr. 6/2 The United States army and the army mule..have gone up against rattlesnake whisky, Mexican mescal, and Apache tizwin without turning a hair. 1947 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 3 Sept. 8/5 A bottle of ‘rattlesnake whiskey’ was seized in a recent Chinatown raid by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, which offers this recipe for the concoction: Place a live rattlesnake in a large jar; add rice wine, dried toads, soy beans, sliced deer antlers and a handful of dried sea horses. Age six months. < as lemmas |
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