Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Ireland, Southern US, uncountable)Illegally distilled whiskey.

  2. (Trinidad and Tobago, uncountable)Illegally distilled rum.

Origin

So called because it was often illicitly distilled in the mountains.

So called because it was often illicitly distilled in the mountains.

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