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Claire Douglas, The Girls who Disappeared, 2022, p. 1

Sally’s voice was high, excitable and a little slurred as she recalled the moment Mal had bought her a Diamond White.

A group of British girls chatting away in year 1998. What in heaven could be a “Diamond White“? It’s on page 1, so no further context is available.

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    Did you try Googling? "A brand of white cider produced in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England by Brookfield Drinks. It has an alcohol content of 7.5%." Wikipedia
    – Andy Bonner
    Commented Aug 12 at 13:35
  • Thank you! No, Google did not give me this results in the first three or four pages…
    – Maurizio Valli
    Commented Aug 12 at 13:41
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    I found it overrun by results for "white diamond" until I used quote marks, "Diamond White", to prioritize searching as an exact phrase.
    – Andy Bonner
    Commented Aug 12 at 13:50
  • You should still consult common reference works such as Wikipedia before asking a question here.
    – Stuart F
    Commented Aug 13 at 20:16

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It seems to be an English brand of hard cider. From Wikipedia:

Diamond White is a brand of white cider produced in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England by Brookfield Drinks, who bought the brand from the Gaymer Cider Company in 2013. Like White Star, it is a cider with an alcohol content of 7.5%. It was launched by the Taunton Cider Company of Shepton Mallet, now part of Matthew Clark, in 1986, and is one of the company's major brands of cider.

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  • Much favoured by the descendants of Hogarth's "Drunk for a penny, dead drunk for sixpence" crowd. Not the stuff you'd serve His Majesty...
    – Greybeard
    Commented Aug 12 at 16:21
  • It's cheap, it comes in 3 litre soda pop bottles, and you drink it in the park usually on the swings.
    – gingerbreadboy
    Commented Aug 12 at 23:33

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