eau-in-deuce

Updated: May 18, 2025

I daresay they do the savages no harm. Ay, ay, Eau-deuce; that must mean the white brandy, which may well enough be called the deuce, for deuced stuff it is!" "The signification of Eau-douce is sweet-water, and it is the manner in which the French express fresh-water," rejoined Jasper, a little nettled. "And how the devil do they make water out of Eau-in-deuce, when it means brandy in Eau-de-vie?

James Fenimore Cooper - Pathfinder; or, the inland sea