silk and twine, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

silk and twine n.

also string and twine

[rhy. sl.]

(US) wine.

1920		T.A. Dorgan in Zwilling TAD Lex. (1993) 73: Silk and twine — that’s wine.
1935		A.J. Pollock Und. Speaks n.p.: Silk and twine/String and wine, wine.
1944		Maurer & Baker ‘“Aus.” Rhyming Argot’ in AS XIX:3.
1960		J. Franklyn Dict. Rhy. Sl.