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From strike + fire.
strikefire (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Alcoholic liquor.
1851, Tom Treddlehoyle's Trip Ta Lunnan[1], Leeds: Alice Mann, page 43:[…] hevin a little drop a strikefire in a bottle e me pockit, ah thowt ah cuddant do better then drink t'Queen and Prince Olbert's good health […]