Definition of "malt liquor" []

• A fermented liquor, such as beer or ale, made with malt. (noun)

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• "When Conrig was alone again he took a bottle of malt liquor from his trussing coffer, filled a beaker to the brim, and downed it, hoping to silence the gush of speculation that rose like a black tide in his brain."