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Meaning of "furnished with a pipe and a supply of cold without" in Trollope's "Orley Farm"

Cold without refers to Mr Moulder's drink: brandy mixed with unsweetened cold water. The Oxford English Dictionary has the following entry for cold without: colloquial. Brandy or spirits in cold ...
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