hellbrew

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A horrible liquid mixture.

   • The only virtue of tequila, so far as I know, is cheapness. It has no flavour. It stupefies more quickly and more cheaply than any hellbrew I have yet encountered.
   • While she was heating and churning the hellbrew in a double boiler, her sight began to fade.
2. 2

   A hellish mess.

   • But—known only to a handful of Hasbrouck Heights residents—the shadow of her finger thrusts down through a dozen years to stir two lives into a hellbrew.
   • As frequently used, Fascism signifies anything you want, as long as it is not openly favoring Communism. Communists in Toronto call the Quebec Catholic social program “Fascist,” or to be more precise, a Fascist “hellbrew.”
   • Cheery hellbrew of cops, dames, gats and slugging.

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