Barbados water

noun

A cordial flavoured with orange- and lemon-peel.

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nounBarbados water (uncountable)
  1. archaichistoricaluncountableA cordial flavoured with orange- and lemon-peel.

    Drank desperately a good deal of wine and, to crown all, half a pint of Barbados waters.

    1789, James Boswell, edited by Danziger & Brady, Boswell: The Great Biographer, Yale, published 1989, page 17
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    [H]e had provided vast quantities of strong beer, flip, rumbo, and burnt brandy, with plenty of Barbadoes water for the ladies […].

    1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
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