popskull

English

Alternative forms

• pop-skull

Etymology

pop +‎ skull

Pronunciation

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Noun

popskull (uncountable)

1. (slang) cheap inferior whisky, sometimes illegally distilled
   • 1924, Harvey Hatcher Hughes, Hell-Bent fer Heaven (Harper & Brothers), Act III, page 132.

     But they wouldn’t ha’ been no doubt about it if I hadn’t drunk so much pop-skull that my hand ’us shaky!