strikefire

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noun

Alcoholic liquor.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounstrikefire (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableAlcoholic liquor.

    […] hevin a little drop a strikefire in a bottle e me pockit, ah thowt ah cuddant do better then drink t'Queen and Prince Olbert's good health […]

    1851, Tom Treddlehoyle's Trip Ta Lunnan, Leeds: Alice Mann, page 43

Origin

From strike + fire.

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APA

strikefire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strikefire

MLA

“strikefire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strikefire. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strikefire,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strikefire.

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