What is Spirits?
1.
Alcohol,
Intoxicating beverages,
As in: ardent spirits--strong alcoholic liquors, such as whiskey or gin; neutral spirits--Ethyl alcohol distilled at at least 190 proof; wood spirits-- methanol.
Lady Sovereign, in "Public Warning,"
-"It ain't about the tea and biscuits, I'm one of those English misfits,
I don't drink tea I drink spirits, and I talk a lot of slang in my lyrics,"
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