trade whisky Fur Trade, Hist.
brandy, rum, whisky, or high wines (often diluted and sometimes spiced with pepper, Tabasco, tobacco, or weak acids) traded to the Indians.
See also: Indian liquor
- 1952  "Trade" or "Injun whiskey" as distributed on the Northwestern frontier was made of one gallon of raw alcohol to three gallons of water. For color and "flavor" the trader added a pound of tea or a pound of rank black chewing tobacco, some Jamaica ginger and a handful of red peppers.