strong drink
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Farmers, artisans, laborers, and even dockside toughs fought back with more demonstrations, hangings in effigy, and rounds of angry speeches fortified with strong drink and stronger language.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
There were movements to distribute the Bible, to build asylums, penitentiaries, and schools, to ban strong drink, to bring world peace, to purify diets, and to commune with the dead.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
A Presbyterian minister, Graham began his career as a reformer, lecturing against the evils of strong drink.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
As such, it is strong drink for cinemaddicts who believe that the Great Man can do no wrong, small beer for those who think that even a Fields picture should have a modicum of direction.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first landlord of the Crown was Thomas Selby, who by trade was a periwig maker, but probably found the selling of strong drink and coffee more profitable.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
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