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chain-lightning Slang 
n. inferior whisky.
- 1843 The drinks ain't good here [England]; they hante no variety in them nother: no white-nose, apple-jack, stone-wall, chain-lightning. . . .
- 1860 His stock is said to have been "chain-lightning" of the truest description.
- 1869 We found them well supplied with flour, rice, molasses, beans, tobacco, and "chain lightning" in spite of our legislation to the contrary.
- 1843 The drinks ain't good here [England]; they hante no variety in them nother: no white-nose, apple-jack, stone-wall, chain-lightning. . . .