Etymology

valinch

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Today it means: A pipette-like tube for drawing liquor from a cask through the bung-hole. Full definition →

French avaler
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The story

  1. French · derived fromavaler“to let down, drink up”
  2. English todayvalinch

Compare French avaler (“to let down, drink up”). Compare avalanche.

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