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snort
Slang
n.
a drink of liquor.
See also:
smash
1912
 
The sporting Canadian asks his friend, "Will you have a snort?"
1912
 
I take a snort now and again, Parson--any harm, eh?
1948
 
"Say boys! Let us go in and have a snort before dinner!"
1954
 
"You know yourself there's a time when a snort of powerful scotch or rye comes in mighty useful. . . ."