mother liquor
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noun
the portion of a solution remaining after crystallization of its important component.
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Nearby words
mother goose rhymes, mother hen, mother house, mother hubbard, mother language, mother liquor, mother lode, mother nature, mother of, mother of coal, mother of god
Origin of mother liquor
First recorded in 1790–1800
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