firewater

[ fahyuh r-waw-ter, -wot-er ]

/ ˈfaɪərˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər /

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noun

alcoholic drink; liquor.

Origin of firewater

1820–30; fire + water; probably a translation of an expression in an Algonquian language, as Ojibwa iškote·wa·po· whiskey (earlier, other distilled liquors), equivalent to iškote·w-, combining form of iškote· fire + -a·po· liquid

Words nearby firewater

firestorm, firethorn, firetrap, firewall, firewarden, firewater, fireweed, firewire, firewood, firework, fireworks

Example sentences from the Web for firewater

The mass of you waste your lives and starve your souls for the sake of beads and scalps, and flesh and firewater.

Not Guilty |Robert Blatchford
And he swallowed a third of his firewater at a gulp and went to find her.

The Prisoner |Alice Brown
Who makes the "firewater," and who supplies the untutored savage with the means of intoxication?

A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America |S. A. Ferrall
They found him abstinent, and they made him a guzzler of firewater.

The Colonial Cavalier |Maud Wilder Goodwin

At the word "firewater," their eyes sparkled with covetousness.

The Indian Scout |Gustave Aimard

British Dictionary definitions for firewater

firewater

/ (ˈfaɪəˌwɔːtə) /

noun

any strong spirit, esp whisky

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