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
Everything is set up, though, the rented thick-stemmed wineglasses, the bottles of mediocre hooch, the mineral water for teetotalers, because who would serve unadulterated chlorine from the tap?
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
