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Examples
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And this was true rot-gut, often adulterated by cheap, poisonous chemicals such as antimony salts and copper sulphate.
Boing Boing 2009
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T-Bird navigates a sea of violent revenge with a cargo of rot-gut booze.
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They would double-park their cabs out front of the caféand run inside just long enough to slug down a glass of rot-gut house burgundy or a cold glass of tap beer, and shout out the lines of a poem they were working on.
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And my good friend Greg was sitting on his ass in the communal gardens of the world wolfing down tomatoes and salt and rot-gut wine, red tomato juice and seeds dripping down the front of his ripped tee shirt.
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The cuff links give him something to hock when he has spent his last fin but still needs a shot of rot-gut to forget the frail.
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The smell of rot-gut from the mouths of those who have had a night out and dared to get drunk.
Archive 2009-08-01 David McDuff 2009
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To newcomers he administered a regime of “hummers”—shots of rot-gut bourbon in water—every three hours for three days.
Raymond Carver Carol Sklenicka 2009
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T-Bird navigates a sea of violent revenge with a cargo of rot-gut booze.
How About Some Raw Dog for the Holidays? Omnivoracious 2009
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T-Bird navigates a sea of violent revenge with a cargo of rot-gut booze.
Shelfari: Omnivoracious 2009
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"Would you care for some rot-gut red, with your crow, sir?"
The Big Three, the Big Swindle and the Boat We Might Catch 2008
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