heavy wet slang.
[See wet n.]
Malt liquor.
| 1821 Egan Tom & Jerry 75 (Farmer) The soldiers and their companions were seen tossing off the heavy wet and spirits. 1823 Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1824) 57 One pint of heavy wet was then distributed to every domestic in the establishment. 1843 Carlyle Past & Pr. i. v, They..have loved their own appetites, ambitions, their coroneted coaches, tankards of heavy-wet. |