I'd rather have the gutter and absinthe than the Luxembourg without it.
2
As to absinthe and similar abominations, he never touched them-nothe, indeed.
3
A combination of hysteria and quasi-scientific claims turned popular opinion against absinthe.
4
Positively the sea itself looked like absinthe, green and bitter and poisonous.
5
But it was generally after he had been sipping absinthe rather heavily.
1
Absinthe is a 140-proof green liqueur made from herbs like fennel, anise, and the exceptionally bitter leaves of Artemisiaabsinthium.
2
ABSINTHE a liqueur or aromatized spirit, the characteristic flavouring matter of which is derived from various species of wormwood ( Artemisiaabsinthium.)