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whiskey

wi skee

  • n  a liquor made from fermented mash of grain

  • A small-bore whiskey rebellion broke out this week.
  • He forthwith ordered that straight whiskey be labeled straight whiskey, blends be labeled blends (with percentages of alcohol whiskey stated on the label), imitations be .
  • Whiskey men and the importers have completely reversed their pre-War position.
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  • Toby Keith in Newsweek
    It's an old Western saying,explains Keith, an Oklahoma native. "I used to work for a rodeo contractor who carried a pint of whiskey in his pocket. At the end of the night, he'd say, 'Whiskey for my men and beer for my horses.' That always...
  • Hayden Carruth in Newsday
    Carruth wrote more than 30 books, winning the National Book Award for Poetry for his 1996 book "Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey."
  • William Shatner in Reuters
    Are you nuts? You want me to say, 'When I'm smoking and sipping whiskey with Allen' -- who's Allen? -- 'I'm secretly thinking of you and your dog?' I can't say that,Shatner added, glaring into the camera, his words dripping the trademark...

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