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kill-devil

noun

Etymology

From kill + devil.

  1. derived from διάβολος
  2. derived from diabolus
  3. inherited from *diubul✻
  4. inherited from dēofol
  5. inherited from devil
  6. compounded as kill-devil — “kill + devil”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of rum, an alcoholic beverage distilled from sugarcane, similar spirits.

    • ...the chiefe fudling they make in the Island is Rumbullion, alias Kill-Devill, and this is made of suggar canes distilled, a hott, hellish and terrible liquor.
    • KILL DEVIL. New ſtill-burnt rum.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA