Meaning of branch water | Babel Free

Definitions

Plain water, especially when mixed with alcoholic beverage.

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Examples

“Pour me some bourbon and branch water.”

“To make their beverage even more attractive, the Americans mixed their alcohol not only with the usual branch water, but also with black chewing tobacco, red peppers, Jamaica ginger, black molasses, and other strong substances.”

“I play no favorites as between coffee and tea-—I am a Bourbon and branch-water man myself—but I suggest that in History's long view the Greensboro Coffee Party may loom as large as the Boston Tea Party.”

“Tully ordered Tennessee whisky, assented to the supposition that the gentleman didn't want mixer, ice, or chaser. "Yes sir — always say, If the good Lord wanted branch water in liquor, He would have put it there."”

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