pipewater (1466) AND MORE

[David Barnhart]

Not an entry in DARE, Chapman, Green, Farmer & Henley, Farmer, Cassidy (D.
of Jamaican E.), Holm, etc.



_Pipe-water_ is an entry in OED with earliest date of 1466.  It's also in
Alsopp's _Dict. Of Caribbean English Usage_.



The latter suggests that in some places it is the best water.



Regards,

David



barnhart at highlands.com

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