hootch

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nounhootch (countable and uncountable, plural hootches)

alternativearchaiccountableuncountableAlternative spelling of hooch (“type of drink”).
"I can't hold my hootch so well as I could a few summers ago--and many hard Falls.
1911, Robert W. Service, The Trail of '98
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"Th' few shots av hootch ye had tu throw inta yu' last night tu get ye're Dutch up must be makin' ye see double, me man.
1920, Ralph S. Kendall, The Luck of the Mounted
The basic idea of "Rip Van Winkle" would lend itself admirably to Broadway treatment, for Mr. MacKaye has taken liberties, with the legend and introduced the topical idea of a Magic Flask, containing home-made hootch.
1922, Robert C. Benchley, Love Conquers All
alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of hooch (“military shelter”).
Eddie Diamond, the ranking NCO, made a small motion with his hand, and some of the others murmured a word or two, then they watched Mark Fossie pick up her suitcase and lead her by the arm down to the hootches.
1990, Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried

nounan illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor

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