ardent spirits


ardent spirits

noun pl

Definition of ARDENT SPIRITS

: strong distilled liquors

Examples of ARDENT SPIRITS

  1. <in the 1800s, laws against selling ardent spirits in Indian country were mostly ignored>

First Known Use of ARDENT SPIRITS

1684

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