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bathtub gin

noun

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  1. Gin or a similar alcoholic beverage which is of very poor quality, as if made by a…

    Gin or a similar alcoholic beverage which is of very poor quality, as if made by a homebrewer in a bathtub.

    • Near-synonyms: rotgut, gut rot, hooch, swill, red-eye, moonshine
    • Part of Dallman's "Three Blind Mice" parody follows: / They called us donkey-braying cranks / But all they gave to win our thanks / Was bathtub gin and busted banks / For twelve long years.
    • A 1976 Broadway hit, "Bubbling Brown Sugar" recreates the night life of the 1920s - when they drank "scotch in teacups" and bathtub gin.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA