grain alcohol
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of grain alcohol
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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They seem exhausted, and their consumption of sports is akin to drinking grain alcohol out of a firehose.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2021
A House workgroup report showed ABC sold more than $13,000 in grain alcohol during the 2016 fiscal year to purchasers holding special permits for industrial, commercial, culinary or medical purposes.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 16, 2017
Beneath a velvet curtain, four whole tiger carcasses wallow in a vat of grain alcohol atop a carpet of glistening ginseng root.
From Time ● Nov. 21, 2016
Randi Brecher, owner of Creative Cakes in Silver Spring, said that after 15 years of using 190-proof grain alcohol on cakes costing up to $2,000, she’s switching to 151-proof, which works almost as well.
From Washington Post
The shellac may be used with other ingredients: for example, 1 pint grain alcohol, ¼ oz. gum copal, ¼ oz. gum arabic, 1 oz. shellac.
From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William
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