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coffin varnish

n. inferior liquor. You want some more of this coffin varnish?

See also: coffin, varnish

tonsil paint

and tonsil varnish

n. liquor; whiskey. The cowboy had to have his daily dose of tonsil paint before he stuffed his face full of beans and hardtack. This tonsil varnish would take the paint off a barn.

See also: paint, tonsil

tonsil varnish

verb

See tonsil paint

See also: tonsil, varnish

varnished

mod. alcohol intoxicated. (see also shellacked.) Really varnished, he was. Couldn’t see a hole in a ladder.

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