spud juice
n.— «Intoxicating liquor, called “spud juice,” was manufactured on a large scale in the prison.» —“Hint Convicts Got Night Off to Kill a Man” by James Doherty in Lansing, Mich. Chicago Daily Tribune July 25, 1945. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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