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Meaning of forty-rod | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

cheap, strong whiskey or similar alcoholic beverage

uncountable

Examples

“[…]he got powerful thirsty and clumb out on to the porch-roof and slid down a stanchion and traded his new coat for a jug of forty-rod, and clumb back again and had a good old time”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

forty-second forty-second cousin forty-secondth forty-seventh forty-sixth forty-spot

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