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: alcoholic liquor especially when inferior or illicitly made or obtained
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Dan Dunn, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2020
But whiskey fans love their barrel-proof hooch, and a small subsection are enthralled by these flamethrowerilevel expressions.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2023
Old-school Canadian whisky fell out of vogue, and Crown Royal Deluxe went from top-shelf hooch to...
—Tony Sachs, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
Handcrafted from a reclaimed bourbon-barrel head, this mountable liquor dispenser delivers a 1.5-ounce pour of your favorite hooch.
—Mark Stock, Men's Health, 29 Nov. 2022
Other scofflaws are refilling empty premium bottles with cheap hooch and passing them off as the real thing.
—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
My preferred place to secure good hooch had labels on the vodka that sounded Russian, noting that Smirnoff was not Rooskie-owned and Stoli was made by a member of NATO!
—James Lileks, National Review, 31 Mar. 2022
Saloons were supplanted by speakeasies, complete with secret passwords and off-the-menu hooch.
—National Geographic, 2 Nov. 2020
Historians say many a drunken citizen slept off the effects of too much hooch while locked up in the jail, located near Madison and Girod streets about four blocks from Lake Pontchartrain.
—Kim Chatelain | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 11 Oct. 2020
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There’s no better example of stellar old-school hooch than this.
—Dan Dunn, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2020
But whiskey fans love their barrel-proof hooch, and a small subsection are enthralled by these flamethrowerilevel expressions.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2023
Old-school Canadian whisky fell out of vogue, and Crown Royal Deluxe went from top-shelf hooch to...
—Tony Sachs, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
Handcrafted from a reclaimed bourbon-barrel head, this mountable liquor dispenser delivers a 1.5-ounce pour of your favorite hooch.
—Mark Stock, Men's Health, 29 Nov. 2022
Other scofflaws are refilling empty premium bottles with cheap hooch and passing them off as the real thing.
—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
My preferred place to secure good hooch had labels on the vodka that sounded Russian, noting that Smirnoff was not Rooskie-owned and Stoli was made by a member of NATO!
—James Lileks, National Review, 31 Mar. 2022
Saloons were supplanted by speakeasies, complete with secret passwords and off-the-menu hooch.
—National Geographic, 2 Nov. 2020
Historians say many a drunken citizen slept off the effects of too much hooch while locked up in the jail, located near Madison and Girod streets about four blocks from Lake Pontchartrain.
—Kim Chatelain | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 11 Oct. 2020
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“Hooch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hooch. Accessed 26 Mar. 2023.
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