French cream

English edit

Etymology edit

An allusion to the French custom of taking brandy in one's tea instead of cream.

Noun edit

French cream (uncountable)

(obsolete, UK, slang) Brandy.

References edit

John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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