toast juice
n.— «Mr Mahar told Mr Wormald he was aware of a still being operated at the South Pole station, producing what was known as “toast juice.” He said he’d never seen a still and had been told it hadn’t operated during the 2000 winter.» —“Antarctic scientist ‘may have been deliberately poisoned’” Stuff.co.nz (New Zealand) Dec. 13, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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