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Meanings of hootch in English

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An illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor.

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Examples for "hooch"
1
We went over to the Afghan hooch and started with an AK.
War
2
Why bother with a shipment of hooch when Prohibition is almost over.
Once upon a time in America
3
I have soiled my belly with quass, and hooch, and 'Three Star.'
Children of the Frost
4
The nefarious hooch would have destroyed her memory of the evening.
Side Jobs
5
Dizzy had to admit that the sugary soda tasted better than any hooch.
Coalition's End
Usage of hootch in English
1
A swig of this home-made hootch does upset a man dreadful, sometimes.
The Sheridan Road Mystery
2
Does Kenner, here, know you hit the hootch pretty strong at times?
The Trail of the White Mule
3
I coulda peddled that damn' hootch on a hangin' tray like circus lemonade.
The Trail of the White Mule
4
Minin' ain't in it, no more, with hootch runnin'-ifyuh play it right.
The Trail of the White Mule
5
Couldn't we fill them bottles with somethin' that LOOKS like hootch?
The Trail of the White Mule
6
In all his tales the old hootch-maker was ever the spectator, amused, kindly, philosophical.
Where the Sun Swings North
7
Yore a judge uh hootch all right- Icansee that.
The Trail of the White Mule
8
You'll have to peddle hootch, Casey, until we get Smiling Lou and his outfit.
The Trail of the White Mule
9
Why, is he the fellow who stepped out from under this load of hootch?
The Trail of the White Mule
10
Oh, I don't want to use up all your hootch.
Babbitt
11
He coom in har dis noon time drunk like hal, wit t'ree bottle of hootch.
Where the Sun Swings North
12
What do you say to another shot of hootch?
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
13
Pretty hot hootch-youcan ask anybody if it ain't!
The Trail of the White Mule
14
Ellen glanced up at the old hootch-maker sitting serenely on the other side of the fireplace.
Where the Sun Swings North
15
That new hootch shore is a kickin' fool.
The Trail of the White Mule
16
It's jest as bad for 'em as hootch.
Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest; Or, The Indian Girl Star o...
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