swipes

swipes
/swuyps/, n. (used with a pl. v.) Brit. Informal.
1. poor, watery, or spoiled beer.
2. malt liquor in general, esp. beer and small beer.
[1780-90; n. pl. use of swipe to drink down at one gulp, var. of SWEEP1]

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