liquory

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1. intoxicated by alcohol; drunk

   Never, do I, at all get liquory / But sticks to cocoa nice and chicory — / Tetotal man!

   1860, John Diprose, The red, white & blue monster song book

   Synonyms: drunk

2. Resembling alcohol.

   You have to intensify intellectually your experience of these wines along the lines I suggest to you: the tannin diminishing its direct impact, the fruit coming forward and its flavor maturing, growing a bit liquory […]

   1985, Tom Maresca, Mastering wine, page 146

   Synonyms: liquorlike