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A drink made of molasses or sometimes honey or maple syrup, water, and sometimes rum and usually flavored with ginger and vinegar.

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Usage examples (4)
  • I think I'll grab a cold glass of switchel after one last chapter revision, and veg out in front of the World Cup.
  • I will give a traveler a cup of switchel, if he want it; but am I bound to supply him with a sweet taste?
  • The old Yankee haymaker’s drink, switchel, was, essentially, vinegar water with molasses and ginger.
  • “Come, Molly, pretty dear;” set in her father, “no blackstrap to night; no switchel, or ginger-pop.
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