fool rack
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Hindi फूल (phūl, “flower”) and rack (“arak, a kind of liquor”), influenced by fool.
Noun[edit]
- (India, obsolete) A strong alcoholic drink made from distilled toddy or sura.
- (India, obsolete) A strong alcoholic drink prepared like brandy, said to have been made from the stinging sea blubber to give it more potency.
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References[edit]
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “fool rack”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].