Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as thief-tube.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A tube for drawing liquors from a cask by the bunghole.

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  • noun A tube for drawing liquors from a cask by the bunghole.

Etymologies

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Compare French avaler to let down, drink up. Compare avalanche.

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