four thieves' vinegar
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the story that thieves, by using it, were enabled to plunder, with impunity to health, in the great plague at London. Possibly originally a corruption of "Forthave's vinegar", Richard Forthave being the publisher of an early recipe.
Noun[edit]
four thieves' vinegar (uncountable)
- (UK, archaic) Vinegar mixed with camphor and essential oils, formerly used as medicine.