bug-juice

[ buhg-joos ]

nounSlang.
  1. an alcoholic beverage, especially of an inferior quality.

  2. an unusual or concocted drink.

Origin of bug-juice

1
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Words Nearby bug-juice

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How to use bug-juice in a sentence

  • We dined together at the White House last Tuesday and I did everything short of putting a cherry bomb in his bug juice.

    The Literary Gentleman | John Freeman | January 30, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Wait until I get this bug juice off me, and I'll get some tape.

    Backlash | Winston Marks
  • Supper being ordered we passed off the time waiting, by sampling Howard and Reinheart's bug juice.

    A Texas Cow Boy | Chas. A. Siringo
  • She came up pretty close to me and now I could detect from her breath that she had been indulging in Scotch bug-juice.