swamp water

Noun

Meaning

(US, slang) Synonym of suicide (“beverage combining all available flavors at a soda fountain”)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see swamp,‎ water.

Examples

Nobody has ever thought himself to death. The chief danger confronting us is not age. It is laziness, sloth, routine, stupidity, - forcing their way in like wind through the shutters, seeping into the cellar like swamp water. Gilbert Highet

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