liquid refreshment

noun — 2 senses

liquid refreshment

noun

1

Euphemistic Alcoholic drink.

When one goes to the store to procure liquid refreshments, one does not want to be told that the only thing available is coffee.2012, Duane Andry, Blogosphere Madness: Dogmasphere 2011, page 84:

2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see liquid, refreshment.

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