red liquor

noun

1. mordant rouge.

Word History and Origins

Origin of red liquor¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

The majority of this I had learned by the tender age of eight, from pouring shots of white and red liquor in my grandmother’s shot house.

From Salon

“Kizer said she poured red liquor everywhere . . . grabbed tissue or toilet paper and started the fire.”

From Washington Post

With the help of a vacuum distillation kit, Hart successfully disassembled wine into four constituent parts: water; alcohol; “a dark red liquor, which doesn’t smell of anything”; and the bouquet, a white frost on a vessel filled with liquid nitrogen.

From Slate

The narrow board walks were crowded, the saloons were full, red liquor was doing its bit; while the general stores were alive with girls, women and children.

From Project Gutenberg

So full was he of red liquor most of the time, that he was regarded as a joke except in his profession.

From Project Gutenberg