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pickleback

The English word “pickleback” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A shot of whiskey with a shot of pickle brine as the chaser.
  2. The shot of pickle brine itself as a chaser.

Etymology

From pickle + back (“mild drink, chaser”). Coined 2006 by Reggie Cunningham of The Bushwick Country Club bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

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