High Jack had been drinking too much rum ever since we landed in Boca. You know how an Indian is—the palefaces fixed his clock when they introduced him to firewater.
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Firewater
Synonyms for "firewater" (26 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
14 translations across 10 languages.
Czech
1 entries- ohnivá voda noun (high-proof alcoholic beverage)
Danish
1 entries- ildvand noun (high-proof alcoholic beverage)
Dutch
2 entries- bluswater noun (water for use in firefighting)
- vuurwater noun (high-proof alcoholic beverage)
Finnish
2 entries- tuliliemi noun (high-proof alcoholic beverage)
- tulistettu vesi noun (high temperature hydraulic condensate)
French
1 entries- eau d'extinction noun (water for use in firefighting)
German
2 entries- Feuerwasser noun (high-proof alcoholic beverage)
- Löschwasser noun (water for use in firefighting)
Low German
2 entries- Füerwater noun (high-proof alcoholic beverage)
- Füerwoter noun (high-proof alcoholic beverage)
Lower Tanana
1 entries- kwn' tu' noun (high-proof alcoholic beverage)
Portuguese
1 entries- aguardente noun (high-proof alcoholic beverage)
Russian
1 entries- огненная вода noun (high-proof alcoholic beverage)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Four polite Englishmen in their middle 20s, feigning like firewater drunks in a Eugene O'Neill play: it's exactly the stuff that makes their detractors groan.
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A continuously circulated firewater line supplies a deluge cooling system in each gathering center for fire containment.
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A break in a firewater line at BP Whiting Refinery caused water with an oil-like sheen to spread outside the refinery's walls along a section of Indianapolis Boulevard Tuesday night.
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