Pernod and black

English

Alternative forms

• pernod and black, Pernod and Black

Noun

Pernod and black (plural Pernod and blacks)

1. (chiefly UK) A drink made of Pernod and crème de cassis or blackcurrant syrup and water.
   • 2011, Mark Polonsky et al., USSR: From an Original Idea by Karl Marx, page 32:

     The cocktail in Britain is a rigidly-defined social institution: each has its own particular meaning—the G & T is the alcoholic equivalent of the interview suit; Pernod and black is an alternative to glue sniffing for repentant trendies, etc.