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Barbados water
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English
Noun
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en now rare historical A cordial flavoured with orange- and lemon-peel.
I [H]e had provided vast quantities of strong beer, flip, rumbo, and burnt brandy, with plenty of Barbadoes water for the ladies . 9
en 1789 w:James Boswell Danziger & Brady Boswell: The Great Biographer Yale 1989 17 Drank desperately a good deal of wine and, to crown all, half a pint of Barbados waters.