Meanings
plural Pernod and blacks · alternative pernod and black · alternative Pernod and Black
- UKA drink made of Pernod and crème de cassis or blackcurrant syrup and water.
The cocktail in Britain is a rigidly-defined social institution: each has its own particular meaning—the G & T is the alcoholic equivalent of the interview suit; Pernod and black is an alternative to glue sniffing for repentant trendies, etc.
2011, Mark Polonsky et al., USSR: From an Original Idea by Karl Marx, page 32
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