subs. (American).—Sarsparilla. MIDNIGHT WITHOUT = sarsparilla without ice.
AS WHITE AS MIDNIGHT’S ARSE-HOLE, phr. (old).—As black as may be.
1557–8. Jacob and Esau [DODSLEY, Old Plays, 1874, ii. 253]. As WHITE AS MIDNIGHT’S ARSE-HOLE or virgin pitch.
