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rack-punch
rack-punch [f. rack n.7 + punch.] Punch made with arrack.1713 Steele Guard. No. 143 ¶3 Rack-punch, quickned with brandy and gun-powder. 1752 Fielding Amelia Wks. 1775 X. 155 The governor..trumpeted forth the praises of his rack-punch. 1848 Thackeray Van. Fair vi, He insisted upon having a bowl of ra... Oxford English Dictionary
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▪ I. rack, n.1 (ræk) Forms: 4 rac, 4–5 rakke, 4–6 rak, (5 rake), 6–7 racke, 5– rack. [Chiefly a northern word, and perh. of Scandinavian origin; cf. Norw. and Sw. dial. rak (Sw. vrak, Da. vrag) wreck, wreckage, refuse, rubbish, etc., f. reka to drive, reke. The only form recorded in ON. is rek wreck... Oxford English Dictionary
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