hajji juice
n.— «In May 2004, Specialist Justin J. Lillis got drunk on what he called “hajji juice,” a clear Iraqi moonshine smuggled onto an Army base in Balad, Iraq, by civilian contractors, and began taking potshots with his M-16 service rifle.» —“For U.S. Troops at War, Liquor Is Spur to Crime” by Paul von Zielbauer New York Times Mar. 13, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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