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Guthrie's sweet whiskey

noun

Etymology

From Guthrie + sweet whiskey. Named after Samuel Guthrie, the inventor of chloroform, and combined with his own term, "sweet whiskey", for his product. The product was produced from whiskey combined with chlorinated lime, and is of a sweet nature.

  1. derived from aqua vītae
  2. borrowed from uisce beatha
  3. compounded as sweet whiskey — “sweet + whiskey”
  4. compounded as guthrie's sweet whiskey — “Guthrie + sweet whiskey”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of chloroform (A sweet drinking tonic made of chloroform.)

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