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popskull

popskull noun: cheap inferior whisky, sometimes illegally distilled.

Noun

popskull (uncountable)

  1. (slang) cheap inferior whisky, sometimes illegally distilled
    • But they wouldn’t ha’ been no doubt about it if I hadn’t drunk so much pop-skull that my hand ’us shaky!1924, Harvey Hatcher Hughes, Hell-Bent fer Heaven, Harper & Brothers, Act III, page 132

Forms of popskull

alternative formpop-skull

Origin of popskull

From pop + skull.

Questions about popskull

What does popskull mean?
Popskull means cheap inferior whisky, sometimes illegally distilled.
What part of speech is popskull?
Popskull is a noun.

Words near popskull in the dictionary

  1. popsicle
  2. popsicles
  3. popsie
  4. popsies
  5. Popski
  6. popskull
  7. popslash
  8. popsmith
  9. popsmiths
  10. popsock
  11. popsocks

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