neck oil

English

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Noun

neck oil (uncountable)

1. (British, slang) Beer or other alcoholic drink.
   • 1995, Tom Langeste, Words on the Wing:

     Neck oil lubricates the throat.

   • 2001, Terry Hanley, The Endless Bummer:

     The neck oil was to flow profusely in Newquay that night.

References

• "neck oil" in the New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Tom Dalzell & Terry Victor, 2005.