bathtub gin

noun

Definition of bathtub gin

: a homemade spirit concocted from raw alcohol, water, essences, and essential oils

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An Ayurvedic herbologist and entrepreneur, Ms. Batchelor grew up in Saudi Arabia, where her father was a bootlegger who made his own sidiki (basically Gulf-style bathtub gin). — Alex Williams, New York Times, "The New Sobriety," 15 June 2019

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The first known use of bathtub gin was in 1923

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