sly-grog

[ slahy-grog ]

noun

, Australian Slang.

1. bootleg liquor.

sly grog

noun

1. old-fashioned.
   illicitly sold liquor

Word History and Origins

Origin of sly-grog¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

It was past nine o'clock in the evening when Richard, who had been drinking at some of the sly grog-shanties, came to the tent.

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When the police found a sly grog tent they made short work of it, I will say.

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There were no licenses issued for the various houses of entertainment, vulgarly called "sly grog shops."

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In certain spots there is sly grog-selling with its concomitants of expense, stealthy drinking, and perjury.

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She was a hard-looking woman—just the sort that might have kept a third-rate pub or a sly-grog shop.

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