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corn liquor

n. (context US English) a distilled spirit, derived from maize, having a high alcohol content and little flavor

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corn liquor

n. whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash [syn: moonshine, bootleg]

Usage examples of "corn liquor".

As the corn liquor burned its way into their stomachs, Autry silenced the musician with a wave of his hands.

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I blinked, eyes watering slightly from the miasma of the corn liquor.

You could not even buy salt with corn liquor, potent if only slightly aged.

He took a swallow and the white lightning or corn liquor or whatever the hell it was brought tears to his eyes.

The corn liquor warmed her throat all the way down on its way to heating up her stomach.

Not that he'd have drunk it anyway, unless it had been pure corn liquor from Cairo down.

I wondered if he had been making corn liquor or maybe the heat finally got to him.