barley-water

See also: barley water

English

Noun

barley-water (countable and uncountable, plural barley-waters)

1. Alternative form of barley water
   • 1934, P[amela] L[yndon] Travers, “East Wind”, in Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins; 1), London: Gerald Howe Ltd […], →OCLC, page 5:

     She was old and fat and smelt of barley-water.