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hooch
1or hootch
[ hooch ]
noun
, Slang.
- alcoholic liquor.
- liquor illicitly distilled and distributed.
hooch
2or hootch
[ hooch ]
noun
, Military Slang.
- a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
- any living quarters, as a barracks.
- (especially during the Korean War)
- a prostitute's dwelling.
- any place, as a house, room, or shack, where a serviceman sets up housekeeping with a local woman.
Hooch
3[ hooch; Dutch hohkh ]
noun
- Pie·ter de [pee, -ter d, uh, pee, -t, uh, r, d, uh], 1629?–88?, Dutch painter.
Hooch
1/ huːtʃ; hoːx /
noun
- HoochPieter de1629?1684MDutchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Pieter de (ˈpiːtər də). 1629–?1684, Dutch genre painter, noted esp for his light effects
hooch
2/ huːtʃ /
noun
- informal.alcoholic drink, esp illicitly distilled spirits
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hooch1
C20: shortened from Tlingit Hootchinoo, name of a tribe that distilled a type of liquor
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Example Sentences
Watching her drown her sorrows in hooch and then get beat up by Crazy Eyes in the showers was ghastly…but great television.
From The Daily Beast
By hooch-time we had found a secure path to the sea-ice, one hundred and eighty feet below.
From Project Gutenberg
All hell was fixing to bust loose in there, and he, Peter de Hooch, was right next to it.
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"Because a half is eight point two eight per cent heavier than a hole," said de Hooch.
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Something in the man's voice made de Hooch turn his head away from the periscope's eyepieces.
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One of the men shook de Hooch gently, awakening him in the middle of a snore.
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