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[hooch] 
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moonshine
[moon-shahyn]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illegally distilled alcohol |
| Synonyms: | bathtub gin, bootleg, firewater, home brew, hooch, mountain dew, rotgut, white lightning |
| Main Entry: | bathtub gin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | homemade gin |
| Synonyms: | bootleg, firewater, home brew, homemade spirit, hooch, moonshine, mountain dew, white lightning |
| Main Entry: | mountain dew |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | homemade liquor |
| Synonyms: | bathtub gin, bootleg liquor, corn liquor, home brew, hooch, illegal liquor, moonshine, white lightning |
| Main Entry: | white lightning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bootleg liquor |
| Synonyms: | bathtub gin, bootleg, home brew, hooch, moonshine, mountain dew, rotgut, sheepdip, stump liquor, tiger milk, white mule |
| Main Entry: | whiskey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | booze |
| Synonyms: | alcohol, bourbon, corn, distill, distiller, distillery, drink, hooch, liquor, moonshine, moonshiner, mountain dew, poteen, rotgut, rye, scotch, spirits, spiritus frumenti, usquebaugh, white lightning |
| Notes: | bourbon (named for Bourbon County, Kentucky) is an American whiskey made from at least 51 percent corn, plus other grains (all bourbons are whiskey, but not all whiskeys are bourbon); whiskey is an alcoholic liquor distilled from grain, such as corn, rye, or barley, and containing approximately 40 to 50 percent ethyl alcohol by volume - and the varieties include bourbon whiskey, corn whiskey, and rye whiskey whiskey is the preferred spelling in Ireland and the United States; whisky is the spelling in Canada and Great Britain |
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