squirrel whiskey
(Canada, US, slang, obsolete) High-proof, low-quality whiskey, generally produced illegally.
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(Canada, US, slang, obsolete) High-proof, low-quality whiskey, generally produced illegally.
He left the yard and went down past the station, cutting across the tracks north of the water-tower, intending to drink squirrel whiskey in Luke Horton’s flour and feed store at the end of Main Street.
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