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demon drink

noun

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British, old-fashioned + humorous

: alcoholic drink : alcohol, demon rum —often used with the … saw first-hand what the demon drink and party lifestyle had done to Pomersbach … — Ben Dorries, The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Australia), 24 Dec. 2011

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