sly-grog

[ slahy-grog ]

noun

, Australian Slang.

1. bootleg liquor.

sly grog

noun

1. old-fashioned.
   illicitly sold liquor

Word History and Origins

Origin of sly-grog¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

The brandy had been obtained at a sovereign the bottle from one of the numerous sly-grog tents at which a digger-hunting constabulary was delighted to wink.

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She was a hard-looking woman—just the sort that might have kept a third-rate pub or a sly-grog shop.

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She talked of puttin' the police onter us, jest as if we was a sly-grog shop.

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The source of pauperism will be settled in Victoria by any quill-driver, who has the pluck to write the history of public-houses in the towns, and sly-grog sellers on the gold-fields.

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First and foremost: it is impossible to prevent the sale of spirits on the diggings; and not any laws, fines, or punishment the government may impose on the dealers or consumers can have an effect towards putting a stop to sly-grog selling.

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