Meaning & use
Hootch
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Informal term for alcoholic liquor, especially cheap or illicitly made spirits.
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The old prospector kept a jug of homemade hootch hidden behind the cabin.
They passed around a bottle of hootch to keep warm during the long night watch.
A note on using this word
Also spelled 'hooch,' the word comes from 'Hoochinoo,' the name of an Alaskan Tlingit group known for distilling liquor in the 19th century.
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liquormoonshine
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