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
John Fenner, accused for being drunke with strong waters, was acquitted, it appearing to be of infirmity, and occasioned by the extremity of the cold.
From Diary in America, Series One by Marryat, Frederick
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
Who else would have treated you to a homily on black coffee and strong waters as I did this morning?
From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)
