Word: liquorous
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...crime to possess liquor. This does away with the "rich man's" excuse that his is "preWar stuff...
...crime to advertise any formula, ingredient, apparatus for the making of liquor...
...container which smells of liquor is sufficient evidence to incriminate a man on the charge of having possessed liquor. This does away with the ruse of emptying liquor into a sink when a policeman raps on the door...
...spite of these lapses from the narrow path of duty, the morale of the service is high, and all indications point to quick results. Any day may bring the news from Captain Jacobs that until sources and supplies of liquor have been entirely bottled...
...armada, nothing less, has taken the water against the rum ships now lying off New York harbor. With the balmy days of Spring, when visibility is high and nights are short, fifty guard ships have been mustered, each one of which will shadow a liquor ship and prevent, it possible, any intercourse with the shore. The rum fleet is to be besieged, blockaded on the high seas, until each ship is forced to play other waters in search of food...