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bourbon and branch
- (US) Ellipsis of bourbon and branch water.; bourbon whiskey mixed with plain water.
2009, Eric Felten, How's Your Drink?: Cocktails, Culture, and the Art of Drinking Well, Agate Publishing, →ISBN, page 39:At the Saratoga racetrack, the secret agent blends in with the thoroughbred set by drinking Old-Fashioneds and “Bourbon and Branch” (i.e., whiskey and water).