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Antonyms for firewater
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : fahyuh r-waw-ter, -wot-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfaɪərˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər |
Definition of firewater
Origin :- "alcoholic liquor," 1826, American English, supposedly from American Indians, from fire (n.) + water (n.).
- As in liquor : noun drink; alcoholic beverage
- As in moonshine : noun illegally distilled alcohol
- As in bathtub gin : noun homemade gin
- As in alcohol : noun intoxicating, flammable liquid
- And he swallowed a third of his firewater at a gulp and went to find her.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- They had not yet learned to drink the white man's firewater.
- Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
- So he brought a little cask of firewater an' left it on the bank of the Big-Muddy.
- Extract from : « How The Raven Died » by Alfred Henry Lewis
- At the words "firewater," the Indians quivered, and their eyes sparkled with greed.
- Extract from : « The Smuggler Chief » by Gustave Aimard
- At the word "firewater," their eyes sparkled with covetousness.
- Extract from : « The Indian Scout » by Gustave Aimard
- To an Oriental ruler they are like firewater to the Red Indians.
- Extract from : « Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 2 of 2 » by Thomas Wodehouse Legh Newton
- They were with us one pay day, however, and managed to get some firewater.
- Extract from : « Drum Taps in Dixie » by Delavan S. Miller
- His allies had been seduced from his support by presents and by firewater.
- Extract from : « Historic Towns of the Western States » by Various
- They found him abstinent, and they made him a guzzler of firewater.
- Extract from : « The Colonial Cavalier » by Maud Wilder Goodwin
- Neither powder nor lead, neither "firewater" (liquor) nor Bible will be used.
- Extract from : « Woman under socialism » by August Bebel
Synonyms for firewater
- alcohol
- alky
- aqua vitae
- bathtub gin
- bootleg
- booze
- broth
- canned heat
- cocktail
- decoction
- drink
- drinkable
- elixir
- ethanol
- extract
- firewater
- fluid
- hard stuff
- home brew
- homemade spirit
- hooch
- hootch
- inebriant
- infusion
- intoxicant
- liquid
- liquor
- methanol
- moonshine
- mountain dew
- palliative
- poison
- potable
- red-eye
- rotgut
- sauce
- smoke
- solvent
- spirits
- stock
- the bottle
- tipple
- toddy
- whiskey
- white lightning
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