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hooch

1
or hootch

[ hooch ]

noun

Slang.
  1. alcoholic liquor.
  2. liquor illicitly distilled and distributed.


hooch

2
or hootch

[ hooch ]

noun

Military Slang.
  1. a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
  2. any living quarters, as a barracks.
  3. (especially during the Korean War)
    1. a prostitute's dwelling.
    2. any place, as a house, room, or shack, where a serviceman sets up housekeeping with a local woman.

Hooch

3

[ hooch; Dutch hohkh ]

noun

  1. Pie·ter de [pee, -ter d, uh, pee, -t, uh, r, d, uh], 1629?–88?, Dutch painter.

Hooch

1

/ ːʃ; hoːx /

noun

  1. HoochPieter de1629?1684MDutchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Pieter de (ˈpiːtər də). 1629–?1684, Dutch genre painter, noted esp for his light effects
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

hooch

2

/ ːʃ /

noun

  1. informal.
    alcoholic drink, esp illicitly distilled spirits
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hooch1

First recorded in 1895–1900; shortening of hoochinoo

Origin of hooch2

First recorded in 1950–55; probably from Japanese uchi “house” (by back formation, construing -i as -y 2 ); initial h perhaps by association with hut or from Ryukyuan dialectal form of uchi with prefixed h-
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hooch1

C20: shortened from Tlingit Hootchinoo, name of a tribe that distilled a type of liquor
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He took the doctor out to thank him, and over dinner at Alexander’s Steakhouse in Pasadena, Gardner learned that the ophthalmologist kept two whiskey lockers on site, full of high-end hooch.

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The lepers carried the hooch to speakeasies known as “aunty bars”, often operated by families from Goa, an enclave colonized by the Portuguese and converted to Christianity.

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Therefore, the high-priced hooch delivered compliments of the Japanese embassy and three bottles of tequila valued at $450 have remained untapped.

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In a fit of anger, he took the Guam flag out of his vest and ran it up a makeshift flagpole outside his hooch, 20 feet into the sky, violating military policy.

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Your opinion of it might depend on your opinion of spending a 3 a.m. in some dungeon of a bar sipping some sort of unregulated hooch.

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