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Definition of Hootch
1. Noun. An illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor.
Generic synonyms: Alcohol, Alcoholic Beverage, Alcoholic Drink, Inebriant, Intoxicant
Specialized synonyms: Pruno
Definition of Hootch
1. Noun. (archaic) (alternative form of hooch) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hootch
1. hooch [n -ES] - See also: hooch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hootch
Literary usage of Hootch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alaska: The Land of Now by Dominic A. Noonan (1921)
"But I sing of hootch, in a land and clime As distant in MILES as Homer in Time.
... But up in Alaska "hootch" is the name Applied to all liquor containing ..."
2. Bulletin of the Department of Labor by United States Dept. of Labor (1898)
"The middlemen complain bitterly of this dishonest usurpation of their prerogative,
but are obliged to submit or resort to the only alternative—hootch. ..."
3. Military Ethics: Reflections on Principles-The Profession of Arms, Military edited by Malham M. Wakin (1994)
"The object of our "Porkchop" game was to see who would be the first FAC to burn
down the "hootch." The rules prohibited firing white phosphorous (WP) ..."
4. The Klondike Stampede by Tappan Adney, Edwin Tappan Adney (1899)
"... but there were persons willing to take their oath that the regular whiskey
sold over some of the bars was worse than "hootch." A home-brewed beer, ..."
5. Three Years in the Klondike by Jeremiah Lynch (1904)
"'Well, you see, your worship, I was out with Fred Olsen, and we drank a little
hootch, and next thing I know was Jim here '—pointing to the policeman—' ..."
6. My Travels and Adventures in Alaska by Florence Lee Mallinson (1914)
"They themselves were looking like 1 o'clock half struck, with their eyes all
bloodshot and talking in a haphazard way from overindulging in "hootch," better ..."
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