Rotgut

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Raw or poor-quality alcoholic liquor. slang, uncountable, usually

    "Near-synonym: red-eye"

  2. 2
    any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
hoochbathtub ginbug juicecorn liquorfirewatergut rot

Example

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"Then the harpooner carried away a pink flask to be filled in some blind pig, for there were no licensed saloons in that locality. We drank the cheap rotgut out of tumblers."

Etymology

From rot + gut.

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