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Saigon tea
noun
a whisky-coloured drink served to bar girls in Vietnam, passing for expensive whisky bought by US servicemen US- I found a girl to sit with me / Who doesn’t ask for Saigon Tea. — Ken Melvin, Sorry ’Bout That, p. 53, 1966
- — Life, p. 33, 25 February 1966
- Jake, Reggie, and Crunch were buying Saigon tea for four of her best girls. — Elaine Shepard, The Doom Pussy, p. 141, 1967
- — Carl Fleischhauer, A Glossary of Army Slang, pp. 11–12, 1968
- “What? No Saigon tea?” Bung asks in amazement, still trying to climb over my head. — William Nagel, The Odd Angry Shot, p. 66, 1975
- She held her glass of Saigon tea with one hand, rubbing the frost with her thumb. — Larry Heinemann, Close Quarters, p. 175, 1977
- Always use condoms; obey curfew times; don’t hassle the local police (white mice); don’t buy the ladies Saigon teas AND never eat the indigenous food. — Martin Cameron, A Look at the Bright Side, 1988
- They received a percentage from the drinks of colored water, called “Saigon tea,” that the soldiers had to buy them to enjoy their company and dance to the rock ‘n’ roll music that blared from the bars. — Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, p. 625, 1988
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