Floodweiser
n.— «Floodweiser: Drinking water in white cans donated by Anheuser-Busch.» —“Watch the River Flow” by Lucy Howard, Sarah Van Boven in Grand Forks, N.D. Newsweek June 23, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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