💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "John barleycorn"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| hard liquornoun | Synonym of liquor (strict sense): a beverage that has been distilled to give it a high alcohol content (high proof, high ABV). |
| spiritsnoun | (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand) Distilled alcoholic beverages. |
| strong drinknoun | Synonym of liquor, an alcoholic beverage, particularly a distilled beverage with a high alcohol content. |
| liquornoun | (chiefly US, Canada, Australia) Strong (high-ABV) alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation. |
| boozenoun | (colloquial, uncountable) Any alcoholic beverage. |
| hard drinknoun | A beverage of alcoholic content that has been distilled rather than fermented. |
| johnnoun | (slang, US) A prostitute's client. |
| beer baronnoun | A prominent owner of a large-scale beer brewing enterprise. |
| beerheadnoun | (colloquial) A drunk. |
| barboynoun | A young man who works in a bar, serving alcohol etc. |
| bar-lambnoun | (obsolete, humorous) A customer at a bar (place that sells alcoholic drinks) |
| pintmannoun | (Ireland, informal) A man who habitually drinks pints of beer, or is revered for his way of drinking them. |
| barflynoun | (slang, derogatory) A person who spends much time in a bar or similar drinking establishment |
| beer babynoun | (informal) A protruding belly attributed to excessive consumption of beer. |
| boozeheadnoun | (derogatory, slang) An alcoholic. |
| boozernoun | (colloquial) One who drinks alcohol habitually; a drunkard. |
| brewskinoun | (uncountable, informal) Beer. |
| cooter brownnoun | (US) An archetypal drunkard. |
| barkeepnoun | (informal) A bartender. |
| beerhoundnoun | (slang) A drunkard who drinks beer. |
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