mahog, noun
- Forms:
- Also mahoga.
- Origin:
- EnglishShow more Probably abbreviation of English slang mahogany brandy and water.
slang
In urban (especially township) parlance: brandy; ha-ja sense b.
1962 T. Hopkinson In Fiery Continent 371The favourite spirit was ‘mahog’, usually a sticky sweetish brandy which you could feel easing its claws into your liver and stomach as soon as it got inside.
1990 O. Musi in City Press 20 May 9He..was now wondering how he would pay Zandi for the straight of mahog he had just slugged.
brandy; ha-ja sense b.
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