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Specialty Expressions: BLACK STRAP

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Black strapLiterature1: "The seething blackstrap was pronounced ready for use."- Pinkerton: Molly Magaires, chap. xvii. p. 174.
2: Bad port wine. A sailor's name for any bad liquor. In North America, "Black-strap" is a mixture of rum and molasses, sometimes vinegar is added. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Black strapSlang in 1811BLACK STRAP. Bene Carlo wine; also port. A task of labor imposed on soldiers at Gibraltar, as a punishment for small offences. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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