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hooch


hooch 2or hootch [hooch] Word Origin noun Military Slang.

  1. a thatched hut of southeast Asia.
  2. any living quarters, as a barracks.
  3. (especially during the Korean War)
    1. a prostitute’s dwelling.
    2. any place, as a house, room, or shack, where a serviceman sets up housekeeping with a local woman.

Also hooch·ie [hoo-chee] /ˈhu tʃi/. Origin of hooch 2 1950–55 probably Japanese uchi house (by back formation, construing -i as -y2); initial h perhaps by association with hut or uchi with prothetic h- British Dictionary definitions for hoochie Hooch Hoogh noun

  1. Pieter de (ˈpiːtər də). 1629–?1684, Dutch genre painter, noted esp for his light effects

hooch hootch noun

  1. informal, mainly US and Canadian alcoholic drink, esp illicitly distilled spirits

Word Origin for hooch C20: shortened from Tlingit Hootchinoo, name of a tribe that distilled a type of liquor Word Origin and History for hoochie hooch n.

also hootch, “cheap whiskey,” 1897, shortened form of Hoochinoo (1877) “liquor made by Alaskan Indians,” from the name of a native tribe in Alaska whose distilled liquor was a favorite with miners in 1898 Klondike gold rush; the tribe’s name is said by OED to be from Tlingit Hutsnuwu, literally “grizzly bear fort.”

As the supply of whisky was very limited, and the throats down which it was poured were innumerable, it was found necessary to create some sort of a supply to meet the demand. This concoction was known as “hooch”; and disgusting as it is, it is doubtful if it is much more poisonous than the whisky itself. [M.H.E. Hayne, “The Pioneers of the Klondyke,” London, 1897]

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