popskull en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From pop + skull.
Meanings
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(slang, uncountable) cheap inferior whisky, sometimes illegally distilled
But they wouldn’t ha’ been no doubt about it if I hadn’t drunk so much pop-skull that my hand ’us shaky!
1924, Harvey Hatcher Hughes, Hell-Bent fer Heaven, Harper & Brothers, Act III, page 132:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pop-skull | alternative | lexicographic |