high-proof

[ hahy-proof ]

/ ˈhaɪˈpruf /

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adjective

containing a high percentage of alcohol: high-proof spirits.

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In April, Grasse unveiled Spodee, a wine fortified with high proof moonshine that tastes strongly, and surprisingly, of chocolate.
Art in the Age: Ex-Ad Man Steven Grasse’s Wonderfully Weird Spirits|Jace Lacob|August 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Besides, among seamen, Eau always means brandy; and Eau-de-vie, brandy of a high proof.
The Pathfinder|James Fenimore Cooper
Mrs. Pallant was right and I had given high proof of levity in regarding her, with her beautiful daughter, as a "resource."
Louisa Pallant|Henry James
The brand used in the army is high proof and burns like fire going down, but it is warming.
A Yankee in the Trenches|R. Derby Holmes

Her yielding up these jewels was a high proof of the noble couturière's power over her frivolous heart.
Fairy Fingers|Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
It turned out that my water was high-proof gin; yet this draught had no more effect on me than if it had been so much cold water.
Ned Myers|James Fenimore Cooper