scrap iron n.
1. as an alcoholic drink.
(a) (US) homemade whisky, bad liquor.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | ‘Story in Harlem Sl.’ in Novels and Stories (1995) 1002: Jelly figured that if he bullskated just right, he might confidence Sweet Back out of [...] a shot of scrap-iron or a reefer. | |
| Jive and Sl. |
(b) (UK prison) a homemade alcoholic drink; see cit. 1992.
| Prison Sl. 71: Scrap Iron A drink made with rubbing alcohol, mothballs and a chlorine solution which has intoxicating properties. |
2. (US prison) weights, used for exercising and body-building.
| Maledicta V:1+2 Summer + Winter 267: Other terms commonly heard in prison life are [...] scrap iron for weights for exercising. |