subs. phr. (provincial).—Thin weak liquor: spec. bad beer, SWIPES (q.v.): also WHIP-BELLY-VENGEANCE: cf. ROT-GUT.
1709–10. SWIFT, Polite Conversation, ii. I believe the brewer forgot the malt, or the river was too near him. Faith, it’s meer WHIP-BELLY-VENGEANCE.
