Southern Comfort

Definitions

An American fruit-flavored whiskey liqueur, created in New Orleans in 1874, which is caramel in color.

Examples

“A word of warning: Sugar's expert terrain is like⟳ a shot of Southern Comfort — it's gulped quickly and burns on the way down. At Beech, on the other hand, the hard stuff is mellowed into a longer drink⟳. Did I ski Big Boulder? No way.”

“What was a knockout, whose sweet-hot drawl hit him like⟳ Southern Comfort on an empty belly, doing digging up dirt in a greenhouse in the middle of nowhere? Business, Eric reminded himself, realizing he stared. You're here on business.”

“I paused and let⟳ the surrounding environment soak⟳ into me like⟳ the anticipation of a strong shot off Southern Comfort. You know⟳ the way your body stops pumping blood while it waits for that warming pulse to shake⟳ through every cell[…]”

“On the sultry, over-amped "Leeds United," she [Amanda Palmer] intones over a slurred, high-stepping horn section: "Who needs love⟳ / When there's Southern Comfort?" On this Method-acted album, that's a rhetorical question⟳.”

“The compliment spread⟳ through me like⟳ a shot of Southern Comfort, warming my insides. “But you don't care about that, do you?” he continued. “You only have⟳ eyes for Jack.””

“[...] and suddenly they were kissing, really snogging, and her tongue slid into his mouth like⟳ a shot of Southern Comfort, and it was happening,[…]”

“In Tessa's case, both were the color of Southern Comfort.”

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