alcoholic liquor: now humorous
Origin of firewater
calque of Ojibwa ishkodewaaboo, ardent spirits (rum, brandy, whiskey) from ishkodew-, fire + -aaboo, water, liquidfirewater
fire·wa·ter firewater
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firewater
noun
SlangStrong liquor, especially whiskey.
Origin of firewater
Translation of an Algonquian term such as Ojibwa ishkodewaaboo whiskey ishkode fire -waaboo liquid (whiskey being so called because of the burning sensation produced by liquor in the mouth and throat)THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural firewaters)
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