rotgut (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling ofrotgut
2009, John Loscher,The Bolsheviks: Twilight of the Romanov Dynasty, page14:The merchants were notorious for heavily watering down this “rot gut” whiskey; and thus, a little something else was needed to give a bottle ofrot gut the right amount of “kick”.
rotgut (not generallycomparable,comparativemorerot gut,superlativemostrot gut)
- (usually of whiskey)Unrefined, lowquality.
1887, William Hibbard,Rays of Reason: Or Religion Refuted, page115:As a result of their laws in some of the states statistics furnish the facts that more “rot gut” whiskey is used than ever before, the milder and more harmless beverages having been in a measure embargoed by the law by reason of the fact that they cannot so easily be smuggled and handled as the concentrated “forty rod” whiskey.
2015, Randall Von Hartman,A Slip of the Cog:“This time it ain't gonna be none of that cheaprot gut stuff is it?” Nate posed to Marten.
