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hoochinoo

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hoo⋅chi⋅noo

  [hoo-chuh-noo, hoo-chuh-noo]
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–noun, plural -noos.
a type of distilled liquor made by Alaskan Indians.
Also, hootchinoo.

Origin:
1875–80, Americanism; orig. the name of a Tlingit village on Admiralty Island, Alaska, reputed to be a source of illicit liquor; alter. of Tlingit xucnu⋅wú lit., brown bear's fort (xú⋅c brown bear + nu⋅w fortified place)
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