snake wine

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Etymology[edit]

Calque of Chinese 蛇酒 (shéjiǔ).

Noun[edit]

snake wine (usually uncountable, plural snake wines)

  1. An Asian alcoholic beverage produced by infusing whole snakes in rice wine or grain alcohol, and traditionally believed to have curative effects.

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