hooch
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noun Slang.
1.
alcoholic liquor.
2.
liquor illicitly distilled and distributed.
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noun Military Slang.
1.
a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
2.
any living quarters, as a barracks.
3.
a.
a prostitute's dwelling.
b.
any place, as a house, room, or shack, where a serviceman sets up housekeeping with a local woman.
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Hooch
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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| —n | |
| informal chiefly (US), (Canadian) alcoholic drink, esp illicitly distilled spirits | |
| [C20: shortened from Tlingit Hootchinoo, name of a tribe that distilled a type of liquor] | |
| hootch or hootch | |
| —n | |
| [C20: shortened from Tlingit Hootchinoo, name of a tribe that distilled a type of liquor] | |
| Hooch or Hoogh (huːtʃ, Dutch hoːx, huːtʃ, Dutch hoːx) | |
| —n | |
| Pieter de (ˈpiːtər də). 1629--?1684, Dutch genre painter, noted esp for his light effects | |
| Hoogh or Hoogh | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
hooch
"cheap whiskey," 1897, shortened form of Hoochinoo (1877) "liquor made by Alaskan Indians," from the name of a native tribe in Alaska whose distilled liquor was a favorite with miners in 1898 Klondike gold rush; the tribe's name is from Tlingit Hutsnuwu, lit. "grizzly bear fort."
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Slang Dictionary
hooch definition[hutʃ]and hootch
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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