kill-the-beggar

== English == === Etymology === From kill +‎ the +‎ beggar. === Noun === kill-the-beggar (uncountable) (obsolete, Ireland, slang) Cheap and poor-quality whiskey. ==== Related terms ==== corduroy === References === John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1896), “kill-the-beggar”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume IV, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 107.