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hooch

2  [hooch]
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–noun Military Slang.
1. a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
2. any living quarters, as a barracks.
3. (esp. during the Korean War)
a. a prostitute's dwelling.
b. any place, as a house, room, or shack, where a serviceman sets up housekeeping with a local woman.
Also, hootch, hoochie.

Origin:
1950–55 prob. < Japn uchi house (by back formation, construing -i as -y 2 ); initial h perh. by assoc. with hut or < Ryukyuan dial. form of uchi with prothetic h-
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hooch [hutʃ]

and hootch
  1. n.
    hard liquor; any alcoholic beverage, especially if illicitly obtained. : Let's go guzzle some hooch.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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