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sherbert; sherbet
noun
alcoholic drink, especially beer; a drink of beer AUSTRALIA, 1904
Originally (late C19) any warm alcoholic drink; ultimately Turkish sherbet (a cooling non-alcoholic drink).- [H]e took to the sherbet, which made him a bigger liability than ever. — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 189, 1956
- Up the bar they got a proper bunch of zombies, sipping their coloured sherberts that had bits of watercress and old lemon peel sticking out of them. — John Peter Jones, Feather Pluckers, p. 43, 1964
- “You’ve been on the sherbet,” Hugh said, “haven’t you?” — Randolph Stow, The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea, p. 258, 1965
- Not to mention calling for more sherbets because the biscuits had given ’em a right Geoff Hurst [thirst]. — Andrew Nickolds, Back to Basics, p. 93, 1994
- And he said, “Great,” with that same dollop of scorn, before asking me impertinently if I’d been “on the sherbets” last night. — Andrew Holmes, Sleb, p. 145, 2002
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