Definition of "punsch"

Strindberg's as well as Ibsen's characters indulge in a glass of ‘punsch’, the arrak-based drink popular in Scandinavia during the latter part of the nineteenth century.

2017, Gunilla Anderman, Europe on Stage: Translation and Theatre‎, Bloomsbury Publishing

A popular drink here is punsch, a sweet fruit liqueur. Stately old buildings sometimes have punsch-verandas, little glassed-in upstairs porches where people traditionally would imbibe and chat.

2018, Rick Steves, Rick Steves Scandinavia‎, Hachette UK