hootch

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

A stereo set was blaring in an enlisted men's hootch shortly after midnight as two majors from the 5th Mechanized Division made their rounds of the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

The officers stopped at the hootch and told the five black G.I.s to turn down the music.

From Time Magazine Archive

One all-black hootch in Danang sports more than 500 such photographs.

From Time Magazine Archive

On a post at the rear of the hootch was the decayed head of a large black leopard; strips of yellow- brown skin dangled from the overhead rafters.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

For a few minutes Rat waited with him, quietly watching the hootch, then he patted the kid’s shoulder and left him alone.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien