What does "hootch" mean?

Alternative spelling of hooch (“type of drink”).

What is a synonym for "hootch"?

Common synonyms include: bootleg liquor, booze, hooch, illicit liquor, liquor, moonshine.

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1
Alternative spelling of hooch (“type of drink”). alt-of, alternative, archaic, countable, uncountable
""I can't hold my hootch so well as I could a few summers ago--and many hard Falls."
2
an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor wordnet
3
Alternative spelling of hooch (“military shelter”). alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
"Eddie Diamond, the ranking NCO, made a small motion with his hand, and some of the others murmured a word or two, then they watched Mark Fossie pick up her suitcase and lead her by the arm down to the hootches."

""I can't hold my hootch so well as I could a few summers ago--and many hard Falls."