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Hooch vs Cooch - What's the difference?

hooch | cooch |

As nouns the difference between hooch and cooch

is that hooch is alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky while cooch is a Type of belly dance.

hooch

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of Hootchinoo'', name of a specific liquor, from Tlingit ''Xutsnoowú ?wáan , the group that produced it, from (etyl) , the name of the village on Admiralty Island in which they lived.

Alternative forms

* hootch

Noun

(es)
  • (North America, informal) Alcoholic liquor, especially inferior or illicit whisky.
    • Synonyms
    * moonshine

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * hootch

    Noun

    (es)
  • A thatched hut, CHU, or any simple dwelling.
    • ----

    cooch

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cootch

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete) A Type of belly dance.
  • (colloquial) Vagina.

    • Related terms

    * coochie * hootchie-cootchie

    Derived terms

    * cooch dance, cooch-dance * cooch dancer * cooch dancing * cooch show

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