(obsolete, brewing) Afterwort, partially fermented wort.
(obsolete, brewing) Afterwort, partially fermented wort.
Lee went up front to his icebox and brought back a jar of milk. The cream had been skimmed from it. I said, “This tastes like blue-john to me.”
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British archaic slang for gin — part of a cluster of indirect terms for spirits used in 18th and 19th century slang. 'Blue' may reference the blue flame gin produces when burned, or its association with poverty and working-class drink culture. Now entirely obsolete; encountered only in historical slang dictionaries.
(slang, now, _, archaic) Low-end gin, usually home-made.
(UK, slang, obsolete) Gin.
(US, _, regional) Skimmed milk.
Lee went up front to his icebox and brought back a jar of milk. The cream had been skimmed from it. I said, “This tastes like blue-john to me.”
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A semiprecious mineral mined in Derbyshire, a form of fluorite with bands of a purple-blue or yellowish colour.
Lee went up front to his icebox and brought back a jar of milk. The cream had been skimmed from it. I said, “This tastes like blue-john to me.”
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