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StJohn  ·  3957 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 1st Hubski Book Club Meeting: Radium Baby

I gather it's a period satire on the temperance movement. The slogan I was always familiar with is "Lips that touch wine shall never touch mine." That has the bonus of rhyming and scanning.