hooch

Example Sentences

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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.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2023

“He volunteered to go to Iraq for a year. Unfortunately, his hooch was right next to one of those burn pits.”

From Washington Times • Nov. 3, 2022

Mr Phillips also shared details of their lives, such how the prisoners saved the Red Cross sugar, raisin and prune rations for the occasional "hooch night", and how he became "obsessed" with escape.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2019

Espinoza ran to the hooch and came back with more ammunition for the Hog Butcher.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 14, 2019

Security was getting tighter, and we had to cover the windows of the hooch the television was in, which made it just about too hot to watch the thing.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers