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peat-reek

peat-reek noun: the pungent smoke of a peat fire.

Noun

peat-reek (uncountable)

  1. The pungent smoke of a peat fire.
  2. Illicitly produced whisky from Scotland; moonshine.

Origin of peat-reek

(whisky): The smoke was thought to be infused in the drink by drying the malted barley over a peat fire.

Questions about peat-reek

What does peat-reek mean?
Peat-reek means the pungent smoke of a peat fire.
What part of speech is peat-reek?
Peat-reek is a noun.

Words near peat-reek in the dictionary

  1. peat smoke
  2. peat spade
  3. peat spades
  4. peat swamp
  5. peat swamps
  6. peat-reek
  7. peat-smoke
  8. peataries
  9. peatary
  10. peatbog
  11. peatbogs

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