strikefire

noun

strikefire

noun

Etymology From strike + fire.

1

Obsolete Alcoholic liquor.

[…] hevin a little drop a strikefire in a bottle e me pockit, ah thowt ah cuddant do better then drink t'Queen and Prince Olbert's good health […]1851, Tom Treddlehoyle's Trip Ta Lunnan, Leeds: Alice Mann, page 43:

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