strikefire en · NOUN
Etymology
From strike + fire.
Meanings
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(obsolete, uncountable) Alcoholic liquor.
[…] hevin a little drop a strikefire in a bottle e me pockit, ah thowt ah cuddant do better then drink t'Queen and Prince Olbert's good health […]
1851, Tom Treddlehoyle's Trip Ta Lunnan, Leeds: Alice Mann, page 43: