Definition of "firewater" [firewater]

• Slang Strong liquor, especially whiskey. (noun)

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• "They bring out the aguardiente, the firewater, which is about eighty percent pure alcohol."
• "In fact, it's an aguardiente, or "firewater" liquor between between 30 and 60% alcohol content."
• "Monnet was a lapsed Catholic who married a divorcee - with a somewhat shady past which included selling, illegally, "firewater" to Canadian Indians."