tonsil paint

tonsil paint

dated slang Liquor, especially cheap whiskey. The hard-boiled detective sat sipping tonsil paint at the seedy dive bar, waiting for his informant to arrive. Give the man some tonsil paint to deaden the pain till a doctor can be fetched.
See also: paint, tonsil
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

tonsil paint

and tonsil varnish
n. liquor; whiskey. The cowboy had to have his daily dose of tonsil paint before he stuffed his face full of beans and hardtack. This tonsil varnish would take the paint off a barn.
See also: paint, tonsil
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • tonsil varnish
  • tonsil bath
  • stogy
  • stogie
  • stog
  • woofle-water
  • wozzle
  • wozzle-water
  • schoolboy scotch
  • neck oil