hard drink

Drained by emotions he cannot, dare not, show while conducting huge European business mergers, he took a long, hard drink of his Coca-Cola.

From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2011

I went back and grandpa was talkin' to another man, about temperance, and sayin' to him that he'd seen slavery abolished and he expected to live to see hard drink done away with.

From Mitch Miller by John Sloan

But grandpa said that he'd been in the war and had seen two, and he'd like to see war abolished with slavery and hard drink.

From Mitch Miller by John Sloan

Now let's breathe hard, drink in the fresh air and run home to Mother.

From Games and Play for School Morale A Course of Graded Games for School and Community Recreation by Melvin W. Sheppard

I saw and heard my grandpa say to Cy, "I seen slavery abolished, and I expect to live to see hard drink done away with."

From Mitch Miller by John Sloan