bathtub gin

noun

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Recent Examples of bathtub gin Burnett leaned into the character’s drinking habit, hiccupping through Miss Hannigan’s swigs from a bottle of bathtub gin. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025 It is known for its refreshing notes of honey and lemon, which balance out the immense spice of bathtub gin. — Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024 After Prohibition ended, people didn’t continue to buy bathtub gin when legal and safer alcohol was available. — Jonathan Turley, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022 Grosz, Dix, Duchamp, Prohibition, bathtub gin, Gatsby, the League of Nations, the Red Scare. — Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2022 Bundles questions the veracity of one prevalent anecdote that alleges her great-grandmother saddled white party guests with chitterlings and bathtub gin while her Black guests enjoyed champagne and caviar. — Mayukh Sen, Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bathtub gin
  1. strong drink
  2. bootleg
  3. white lightning
  4. red-eye
  5. alcohol
  6. rotgut
  7. spirits
Noun
  • Saturday-Sunday This Mexican restaurant in Clearfork is known for its brisket tacos and strong drinks – their froze with rose and vodka has a two drink limit.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026
  • The eclectic crowd is part of the appeal, with locals, tourists, musicians, creatives and film-industry regulars all mixed together over frozen cocktails and strong drinks.
    — Elissa Rosen, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Definition of strong drink
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  • There were no vendors hawking bootleg royal-wedding merch, no screaming lines of fans, not even that many impromptu sing-alongs (some were solicited by journalists looking for content).
    — Zach Schiffman, Curbed, 6 July 2026
  • Yolo County prosecutors have said he was connected to the bootleg fireworks that killed the girl.
    — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of bootleg
Noun
  • One, the stereotype is as dated as Moon Pies and white lightning.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 11 June 2020
Definition of white lightning
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  • The overall look feels polished enough to wear straight from a red-eye flight to a hotel lobby or even a casual lunch without needing an outfit change.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2026
  • Donaldson auditioned for the Heat earlier this month after taking a red-eye flight from San Francisco.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
Definition of red-eye
Noun
  • The concrete bleachers around the basketball court was teeming with trash, plastic cups, and bottles of alcohol.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026
  • Customers can also upgrade from well alcohol to more premiere brands for $4.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of alcohol
Noun
  • But mingling with Robert Mitchum and Lana Turner, cocktail in hand, makes even a rotgut movie a top-shelf experience.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 May 2023
  • Born in 1912 to a Kashmiri family in the northern state of Punjab, Manto fell under the spell of Gorky and Poe, not to mention the rotgut that would kill him at the age of forty-two.
    — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
Definition of rotgut
Noun
  • Further lifting Toohey’s spirits is his former high school roommate Lachlan Olbrich.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
  • Space opened up and despite trailing, Argentine spirits were lifted.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Definition of spirits

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“Bathtub gin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bathtub%20gin. Accessed 17 Jul. 2026.

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