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1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect i. ii. 5 Some haue had their over-growne beards so frozen together, that they could not get their strong water-bottells into their mouthes.

1637 J. Taylor Drinke & Welcome sig. D One with a quart of water drunke may be, When (of the best wine) he may hold out three, The sellers of these waters seldome row, And yet they are strong-water-men, I know.

1654 T. Burton Diary (1828) I. 181 Tobacco-shops, and strong-water houses.

1657 E. Cole Affidavit 28 May in Coll. State Papers J. Thurloe (1742) VI. 318 Her master's shop, being a strong-water-shop.

1707 London Gaz. No. 4391/4 Thomas Mathews, late of Newbery.., Strongwaterman.

1725 in G. Lamoine Charges to Grand Jury (1992) 183 Such Offences..are keeping of Gaming-Houses,..Retailing Strong-Water Shops, and the printing and publishing of Books..of an obscene and immoral tendency.

1765 Act George III in Statutes passed in Parl. held in Ireland (1795) V. xvi. 226 The several collectors of the duties arising from strong water licences in the collections of the several other districts in this kingdom.

a1833 J. T. Smith Streets of London (1849) iv. 53 Suddenly after the war, we began to abound in strong-water shops.

1956 G. Taylor Silver iv. 87 A strong-water cup with a tunnel in it.

2009 D. Hunter Half Moon 232 Hudson's strong-water stores are unrecorded, but he would have had beer for the general crew.