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 The home-brewing methods, which have earned some Delta-8 a reputation as the bathtub gin of the cannabis world, can introduce toxins such as lead, according to Guido Verbeck, a professor at the University of North Texas who co-authored a study on methods of creating Delta-8. chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2021 Its adaptability was a boon: Even the coarsest bathtub gin could be made palatable with the addition of vermouth and olive brine (a dirty martini), a pickled onion (Gibson), lemon (twist), lime cordial (gimlet) or extra vermouth (wet). Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2020 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
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
  • More than anything, Hemsley and McGowan view the bootleg cookies as proof of unmet demand.
    Simone Melvin, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
  • What if three consecutive hours of celebrating ‘S.N.L.’ still isn’t enough for me, a die-hard fan who owns a bootleg recording of Hanks’s first hosting gig in 1985?
    Dave Itzkoff, New York Times, 16 Feb. 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
  • During red-eye flights, four-hour delays, freezing plane cabins, or those moments when the plane gets stuffy, these pants have never let me down in any temperature or circumstance.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2025
  • The red-eye flights will be seasonal and run through October 15, and will include Premium and Economy classes on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
    Brandon Withrow, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to impose 200% tariffs on alcohol from the European Union in response to the region's retaliatory 50% tariff on U.S. whiskey, further escalating tensions between two longtime trading partners.
    Carlo Angerer, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Bars in the neighborhood must stop admitting patrons at 6:30pm and end alcohol service by 7pm Sunday.
    Mike Deehan, Axios, 13 Mar. 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 16 Mar. 2025.

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