Hootch

After numerous half-hearted attempts, he arose one day about noon; then, having eaten a tasteless breakfast and strengthened his languid determination by a stiff glass of "hootch," he strolled out of town, taking he first random trail that offered itself. ❋ Rex Ellingwood Beach (1913)

Rarely was the choice of potations criticised, though occasionally some ruddy eschewer of sobriety insisted that his lady "take the same," avowing that "hootch," having been demonstrated beneficial in his case, was good for her also. ❋ Rex Ellingwood Beach (1913)

People who were willing to sacrifice their lives, living in low-income housing or just sitting in their "hootch" under their ponchos, maybe in a crappy foxhole, whatever. ❋ Unknown (2010)

(A hootch is a long, single-story, stilted wooden building of typical Thai rural design. ❋ Broughton, Jack, 1925- (1969)

Cheap hootch by the drink and slot machines -- now, there's a different kind of hazard. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So is the use of bath salt hootch for that matter. ❋ Courtland Milloy (2011)

I'm a mother of two small kids and it's really a hassle for me to cart them to some far-flung WA Liquor Store to buy hootch (as rare as that is) after I've already gone grocery shopping. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Inside the hootch, Indian sitar music is mewing from an unknown source. ❋ James Lloyd Davis (2011)

He proceeds through the mud surrounding the perimeter, tumbles down a makeshift stairway of mud and logs into the half-buried hootch, a clubhouse of sorts for his platoon. ❋ James Lloyd Davis (2011)

When the mortars and rockets ceased after the first assault failed to carry our position, my buddy from boot camp and BUDS, Lynn Barnes (Barney), and I were on top of the command hootch. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I was on my way to pull you off that hootch when I saw you jump. ❋ Unknown (2008)

On the East Side hootch is usually dispensed from coffee pots, well stained with coffee, to make them look natural, and manipulated near sinks or drains so that they can be spilled instantly in case of alarm. ❋ MAX WATMAN (2010)

We traded a bottle of awesome hootch for the Saint, the Continental Op, Brother Cadfael, Modesty Blaise, some Sherlock Holmes knock-offs, some good old-fashioned horror and more. ❋ Unknown (2010)

 The colonel kept yelling orders, thendifferent orders; totally confusing him:  Montgomerytorch that hootch! ❋ Unknown (2010)