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n. (context slang English) cheap inferior whisky, sometimes illegally distilled
Usage examples of "popskull".
Good bonded whiskey instead of the much cheaper popskull made from raw alcohol and floor sweepings.
They range from a man who can bring in enough popskull whiskey to anesthetize the whole VFW to smaller operators who bring in cases of beer from Atlanta or from Arcade, down toward Athens, for resale.
Bear broke out a demijohn of popskull liquor and led the final bout of drinking, this being long before his later frequent vows of temperance.
The enlisted men were let out only on rare occasions, and then they would cross the river in rowing boats and climb the hill and pay whatever price was asked for any kind of brownish popskull liquor whatsoever, as long as it was vaguely reputed to be Barbados rum or Tennessee whiskey.
He looked out the window for a minute of deep contemplation and then, all at one fast swoop, said, During the period of detention, this Cooper sold the Indians popskull liquor at prices that would buy a whiteman bonded Tennessee whiskey.
Konreid continued to distill and peddle his popskull, and those who smoked up here grew their own tobacco, minimally concealed, with varying success.
Konreid made no more popskull brandy from his sprawling, slovenly vineyard.
She could have palmed off the local popskull on him as her best, but did not.