Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bathtub gin

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: bath-tub -gin
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Gin or a similar alcoholic beverage which is of very poor quality, as if made by a homebrewer in a bathtub.

Colloquial; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: rotgut, gut rot, hooch, swill, red-eye, moonshine"
"Part of Dallman's "Three Blind Mice" parody follows: / They called us donkey-braying cranks / But all they gave to win our thanks / Was bathtub gin and busted banks / For twelve long years."
"A 1976 Broadway hit, "Bubbling Brown Sugar" recreates the night life of the 1920s - when they drank "scotch in teacups" and bathtub gin."
"And Wendy's on the windowsill / Waitin' to be let in / And we're all in the bathtub now / Making bathtub gin"
"It wasn't just the violent Prohibition-era gang wars that were dangerous to Americans drinking homemade moonshine and bathtub gin."

Usage

Inflected Forms

bathtub gins (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

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Synonyms

rotgut gut rot hooch swill red-eye moonshine

Questions

What does bathtub gin mean?: Gin or a similar alcoholic beverage which is of very poor quality, as if made by a homebrewer in a bathtub.

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