Definition of Corn whiskey

1. Noun. Whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn.

Exact synonyms: Corn, Corn Whisky
Specialized synonyms: Bootleg, Corn Liquor, Moonshine
Generic synonyms: Whiskey, Whisky

Definition of Corn whiskey

1. Noun. A type of liquor made by fermenting corn ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corn Whiskey

corn snake
corn snakes
corn snow
corn speedwell
corn spurrey
corn spurry
corn starch
corn starches
corn sugar
corn sugars
corn syrup
corn syrups
corn tash
corn thistle
corn thistles
corn whiskey (current term)
corn whisky
cornacre
cornacres
cornage
cornages
cornamute
cornamutes
cornball
cornbind
cornbraid
cornbraided
cornbraiding
cornbraids

Literary usage of Corn whiskey

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"2689 A (see Table XI): Sour mash, corn whiskey, entered into bonded warehouse April 9, 1898, in a new, charred, oak barrel. Composition of the mash: malt, ..."

2. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... seclusion of a dirty little back-room, and on corn-whiskey ! ... myself drunk on corn whiskey ; I had lain too close to this soaked mass of Democracy, ..."

3. Intemperance and Crime: Leaves from the Diary of an Old Lawyer by Almon Benson Richmond (1883)
"To make the first quality the compounder takes re-distilled corn whiskey, ... Formula condensed : Cheap corn whiskey, a little old rye, carbonate of soda, ..."

4. Leaves from the Diary of an Old Lawyer: Intemperance the Great Source of Crime by Almon Benson Richmond (1880)
"Formula condensed—Cheap corn whiskey, a little old rye, carbonate of soda, ... To make Port Wine— Neutral spirits (corn whiskey) reduced to 50—100 being the ..."

5. South Carolina Bench and Bar by Ulysses Robert Brooks (1908)
"was nothing to drink but corn whiskey. The Judge drank of it as he would have ... It must have been that vile stuff they call corn whiskey which prompted me ..."

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