pariah arrack

English

Noun

pariah arrack (uncountable)

1. (India, obsolete) A poisonous home-brewed spirit commonly sold to European soldiers and sailors in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Alternative forms

• pariar arrack

See also

• fool rack

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “pariah arrack”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].