Jamaica ginger

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Jamaica ginger (uncountable)

  1. A variety of ginger prepared in Jamaica from the best roots, which are deprived of their epidermis and dried separately.
  2. (US) A patent medicine formerly abused as a source of alcohol, notorious for causing nerve damage.
    Synonym: jake
    • 1930, Monthly Journal of Insurance Economics:
      Jamaica ginger has been used as a beverage for its intoxicating effect by a large number of people.

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