corn whiskey
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- noun
- /kɔrn ˈwɪski/
- US
:
whisky de maíz
- The historic distillery is famous for producing high-quality corn whiskey made with traditional methods.
Examples
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Get some corn whiskey.
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Corn whiskey.
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When Dr. Litmouse and Patrolman Collins came in, they all switched to the corn whiskey.
Fiction book (1991) -
Griswold drank some corn whiskey, and they washed the wound.
Fiction book (2001) -
She saw the river winding its way through eternity, bringing as its tribute the body of her father, given to the water by a crowd of hilarious poor whites, drunk with cheap corn whiskey.
Fiction book (2000) -
"Its few inhabitants are likely to be walking projections of the vicious circle of the Southern backwoods—poverty, pellagra, hookworm, corn whisky, and hate.
Academic text (2011) -
During the festival, we enjoyed some local corn whiskey that was distilled right here in Kentucky.
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After a long day of hiking, they celebrated around the campfire with bottles of corn whiskey.
Synonyms
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2.8
A drink with alcohol that people make from grain and leave in wooden barrels to age
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a type of whiskey distilled from corn' is directly and transparently built from 'corn' (the ingredient) + 'whiskey' (the drink); the modifier identifies the source/grain used. This is a straightforward noun–noun compound following common compositional patterns found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Corn whiskey comes from the simple idea of whiskey made mostly from corn. It started with farmers and small makers in the United States who turned their corn into a strong drink without long aging, so the name directly means a 'whiskey' made mainly from corn.