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Definition of Rotgut
1. Noun. Any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality.
Definition of Rotgut
1. n. Bad small beer.
Definition of Rotgut
1. Noun. raw or poor quality alcoholic liquor ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rotgut
1. inferior liquor [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rotgut
Literary usage of Rotgut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Salopia Antiqua: Or, An Enquiry from Personal Survey Into the 'druidical by Charles Henry Hartshorne (1841)
"rotgut, s. this vulgarism is used both substantively and adjectively, for instance,
... Ex. "Drink such poor rotgut as that!" " This is rotgut stuff. ..."
2. Lake Maxinkuckee: A Physical and Biological Survey by Barton Warren Evermann, Howard Walton Clark (1920)
"Catch: Straw bass, 186; creek chub, 69; bluegill, 52; chub sucker, 29 ; rotgut
minnow, 14 ; Notropis heterodon, 10 ; grass pike, 8; yellow perch, 5; ..."
3. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature by London International Fisheries Exhibition (1884)
"From rotgut Bed; depth of water 3 feet. 25. From rotgut Bed : depth of water 16
feet. The Oysters from this bed have had an indifferent reception in the ..."
4. Notes on the Food Fishes and Edible Mollusca of New South Wales, Etc., Etc by E. P. Ramsay (1883)
"23- From the House Bed; depth of water 17 feet. The House Bed is the most important
of the Clarence-River Oyster-beds. 24. From rotgut Bed; depth of water 3 ..."
5. Campaigns of a Non-combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend (1866)
"... of the brand called " rotgut;" or the "Union Stores," where a person in
semi-military dress deals in India-rubber overcoats, underclothing, and boots. ..."
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