DCHP-1 Online
English milk Obs. 
in Indian parlance, rum.
See also: milk moose milk (def. 2) new milk
- 1761 (1901) Minavavana requested that his young men might be allowed to taste what he called my English milk (meaning rum) . . . observing that it was long since they had tasted any. . . .
- 1926 . . . they [Indians] welcomed him as a brother, offered him the pipe, and asked for English milk (rum).
- 1761 (1901) Minavavana requested that his young men might be allowed to taste what he called my English milk (meaning rum) . . . observing that it was long since they had tasted any. . . .