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Cockney Rhyming Slang

is a cordial composed of one part thunder-and-lightning, one part remorse, two parts bloody murder, one part death-hell-and-destruction and four parts clarified Satan.

is a cordial composed of one part thunder and lightning, one part remorse, two parts bloody murder, one part death, hell and the grave - and four parts clarified satan.

is, when mixed with water, a drink that spoils two good things.

A mixture of brandy and water spoils two good things.

is drunk by men who aspire to be a hero, while claret is the liquor for boys, and port for men.

Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.

is a hateful beverage that stinks of modern literature.

I hate brandy...it stinks of modern literature.

is fallen and accursed wine, just as devils are fallen and accursed angels….

.brandy, which is fallen and accursed wine, as devils are fallen and accursed angels... (The Wondersmith)

is lead in the morning, silver at noon, and gold at night

Brandy is lead in the morning, silver at noon, and gold at night

is better than wine --- for it is the drops of pure alcohol we want, not the gallons of water, which may be had in every ditch.

What avails the dram of brandy while it swims chemically united with its barrel of wort? Let the distiller pass it and repass it through his limbecs; for it is the drops of pure alcohol we want, not the gallons of water, which may be had in every ditch.

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