bathtub gin

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Recent Examples of bathtub gin It is known for its refreshing notes of honey and lemon, which balance out the immense spice of bathtub gin. Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024 As alcohol bans lingered, poorer quality substitutes increasingly overwhelmed the black market: bathtub gin, pure grain alcohol and other rotguts. David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2023 Bundles questions the veracity of one prevalent anecdote that alleges her great-grandmother saddled white party guests with chitterlings and bathtub gin while her Black guests enjoyed champagne and caviar. Mayukh Sen, Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2021 After Prohibition ended, people didn’t continue to buy bathtub gin when legal and safer alcohol was available. Jonathan Turley, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022 But states also didn’t massively increase the price of newly legal alcohol to make bathtub gin more attractive. Jonathan Turley, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022 Grosz, Dix, Duchamp, Prohibition, bathtub gin, Gatsby, the League of Nations, the Red Scare. Jeff MacGregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2022 The Roaring Twenties weren’t all about flappers and bathtub gin. Vogue, 13 Apr. 2022 Williams sold bathtub gin to a Chicago nightclub and wrote a sports column for The Chicago Whip to make ends meet. Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bathtub gin
Noun
  • Go in a smallish group, belly up to the bar to put your name in, then order a strong drink if there's a wait.
    Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Dec. 2024
  • With strong drinks poured and a lively DJ, we were transported to an afternoon at a snowy version of a Mykonos club.
    Madison Flager, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The audition tapes, too, were soon forgotten, aside from some incomplete bootlegs that circulated among die-hard fans and five songs released on the 1995 compilation album Anthology 1.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
  • In 1972, however, he was persuaded to shape Who Came First — a spiritual collection of oddities and demos meant only for the ears of friends and fellow followers of Meher Baba — into an official release once bootlegs flooded the market.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Don’t let the green mist tinged with white lightning and rotating cosmic orifices fool you, however: Ingesting psychedelic drugs is not recommended before watching this film.
    Katie Rife, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Above the patch is another white lightning bolt.
    Omari Sankofa II, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2021
Noun
  • These are all important, but for many women—especially those in high-pressure roles—these basics don’t always get to the heart of what matters most, like how training fits into a week that includes early investor calls, evening board meetings and a red-eye flight.
    Dilan Gomih, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • This wasn’t the red-eye to Vegas after a product launch.
    Damon Stafford, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The statement added that he was specifically charged with disorderly conduct under the influence of alcohol in public and possession of cocaine.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The individuals who received acute care due to cannabis use retained an elevated risk of dementia compared to the total number of people who received care, excluding cases due to alcohol use.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • As alcohol bans lingered, poorer quality substitutes increasingly overwhelmed the black market: bathtub gin, pure grain alcohol and other rotguts.
    David Reamer | Alaska history, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2023
  • But mingling with Robert Mitchum and Lana Turner, cocktail in hand, makes even a rotgut movie a top-shelf experience.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 May 2023

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“Bathtub gin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bathtub%20gin. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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