red liquor

American  

noun

1. mordant rouge.

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Etymology

Origin of red liquor

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

The raw red liquor like thin blood had permeated all his body tissues and nerves, as water permeates the sun-dried earth, leaving it not the hard white earth but the brown soft mud.

From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.

Boys at the station were selling slabs of pudding, squares of sponge cake soaked with red liquor, pieces of papaya, cups of sweetened boiled rice, and oranges.

From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Starr, Frederick

There was meat on the trenchers, and red liquor in the jeweled goblets.

From The Secret of Kralitz by Kuttner, Henry

I wear a red shirt then, drink red liquor, play de fiddle at de 'lection box, and vote de white folks ticket.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

In the third glass, the red liquor will assume a violet tint.

From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown