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[skoch] 
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| Main Entry: |
Scotch
[skoch]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | economical |
| Synonyms: | avaricious, canny, chary, circumspect, close, closefisted, cost-effective, curmudgeonly, efficient, frugal, meager, mean, methodical, miserly, money-saving, niggardly, on the rims, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penny-wise, penurious, practical, provident, prudent, prudential, saving, scrimping, skimping, spare, sparing, stingy, thrifty, tight*, time-saving, unwasteful, watchful, work-saving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thwart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, hinder |
| Synonyms: | baffle, balk, beat, bilk, check, circumvent, confuse, counter, crab, cramp, crimp, cross, curb, dash, defeat, disappoint, ditch, dodge, double-cross, duck, foil, foul up, frustrate, give the slip, hold up, impede, louse up, match, obstruct, oppose, outwit, pit, play off, prevent, queer*, restrain, ruin, scotch, skin, snafu, stymie, take down, take wind out of, trammel, upset, upset one's apple cart |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, encourage, forward, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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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