dilberry-juice

Updated: May 16, 2025

The only way he managed to avoid hurting the feelings of the camp was by accepting the frequent donations of whisky to be used for the purposes of liniment. "Next to snake-oil, my son," he would say, "and dilberry-juice, and ye don't seem to pro-duce 'em hereabouts, whisky is good for rubbin' onto old bones to make 'em limber.

Bret Harte - Drift from Two Shores