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hooch
1[ hooch ]
noun
- alcoholic liquor.
- liquor illicitly distilled and distributed.
hooch
2[ hooch ]
noun
- a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
- any living quarters, as a barracks.
- (especially during the Korean War)
- a prostitute's dwelling.
- any place, as a house, room, or shack, where a serviceman sets up housekeeping with a local woman.
Hooch
3[ hooch; Dutch hohkh ]
noun
- Pie·ter de [pee, -ter d, uh, pee, -t, uh, r, d, uh], 1629?–88?, Dutch painter.
Hooch
1/ ːʃ; hoːx /
noun
- HoochPieter de1629?1684MDutchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Pieter de (ˈpiːtər də). 1629–?1684, Dutch genre painter, noted esp for his light effects
hooch
2/ ːʃ /
noun
- informal.alcoholic drink, esp illicitly distilled spirits
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hooch1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Therefore, the high-priced hooch delivered compliments of the Japanese embassy and three bottles of tequila valued at $450 have remained untapped.
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.
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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