English

Noun

hootch ‎(plural hootches)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of hooch
   • 1911, Robert W. Service, The Trail of '98:

     "I can't hold my hootch so well as I could a few summers ago--and many hard Falls.

   • 1920, Ralph S. Kendall, The Luck of the Mounted:

     "Th' few shots av hootch ye had tu throw inta yu' last night tu get ye're Dutch up must be makin' ye see double, me man.

   • 1922, Robert C. Benchley, Love Conquers All:

     The basic idea of "Rip Van Winkle" would lend itself admirably to Broadway treatment, for Mr. MacKaye has taken liberties, with the legend and introduced the topical idea of a Magic Flask, containing home-made hootch.