red-eye

“1. Rough, strong whisky. 1819–. . . . 2. Tomato ketchup. 1927–. 3. As adjective applied to aeroplane flights on which passengers are unable to get enough sleep because of differences in time-zones between the place of departure and arrival, etc. 1968–.”

Stone the Crows: Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang, second edition, 2008.

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