hooch
Meaning
Noun
- Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.
- A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.
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Origin
- Abbreviation of hoochinoo, name of a specific liquor, from Tlingit Xutsnoowú Ḵwáan, the group that produced it, from Hutsnuwu, the name of the village on Admiralty Island in which they lived.
- From Japanese 家 ("house")
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