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new milk
Fur Trade, Obs.
in Indian parlance, rum.
See also:
English milk
1803
 
(1897)
 
. . . the Indians were anxiously awaiting me, to taste the 'new milk', as they generally call rum when speaking in a ceremonious style. . . .