ROTGUT

rotgut

(noun) any alcoholic beverage of inferior quality

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

rotgut (usually uncountable, plural rotguts)

raw or poor-quality alcoholic liquor

Anagrams

• gut rot

Source: Wiktionary


Rot"gut, n.

1. Bad small beer. [Slang]

2. Any bad spirituous liquor, especially when adulterated so as to be very deleterious. [Slang]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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