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pieter de hoogh

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Hooch

[hooch; Du. hohkh]
–noun
Pie⋅ter de [pee-ter duh; Du. pee-tuhr duh] , 1629?–88?, Dutch painter.
Also, Hoogh.

Hoogh

[Du. hohkh]
–noun
Pie⋅ter de [Du. pee-ter duh] . Hooch, Pieter de.
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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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