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Pronunciation / Transliteration: alkɔl də ba də ɡam
"Il a mal à la tête après avoir bu cet alcool de bas de gamme."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Cheap, inferior, or illicit alcoholic liquor, typically of harsh and unpalatable quality.
"The campers unwisely purchased a bottle of cheap rotgut from the dusty shelf of the rural convenience store."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the United States around the early 19th century, this colloquialism is a compound of 'rot' and 'gut'. Originally used to describe harsh, cheap, or illicit liquor believed to literally rot the drinker's stomach or intestines.
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alcool de bas de gamme
Transliteration: alkɔl də ba də ɡam
"Il a mal à la tête après avoir bu cet alcool de bas de gamme."
Fusel
Transliteration: fuːzəl
"Nachdem er diesen billigen Fusel getrunken hatte, ging es ihm schlecht."
sgobba
Transliteration: zɡɔbba
"Quel liquore economico era puro veleno, un vero sgobba."
aguardiente malo
Transliteration: aɣwarˈdjente ˈmalo
"No bebas ese aguardiente malo si no quieres un dolor de cabeza terrible."
mijo-de-gato
Transliteration: miʒu dʒi ɡatu
"Eles passaram a noite bebendo um mijo-de-gato terrível."
घटिया शराब
Transliteration: ghatiya sharab
"उसने बहुत घटिया शराब पी ली थी जिससे उसकी तबीयत खराब हो गई।"
劣质烈酒
Transliteration: lièzhì lièjiǔ
"这种劣质烈酒喝了让人头痛欲裂。"
싸구려 독주
Transliteration: ssaguryeo dokju
"그 남자는 밤새 싸구려 독주를 마셨다."
悪酔いする安酒
Transliteration: waruii suru yasuzake
"あんな悪酔いする安酒を飲むものではない。"
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