sly-grog

American  

[slahy-grog] / ˈslaɪˌgrɒg /

noun

Australian Slang.

1. bootleg liquor.

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sly grog British  

noun

1. old-fashioned illicitly sold liquor

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Etymology

Origin of sly-grog

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

If I had half the fifty pounds fine inflicted on sly-grog sellers, and five pounds fine on unlicensed diggers, raised on Ballaarat at this time, I think my fellow-colonists would bow their heads before me.

From The Eureka Stockade by Carboni, Raffaello

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.

From The Eureka Stockade by Carboni, Raffaello

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

From Children of the Bush by Lawson, Henry

Secondly: I hereby assert that the breed of spies in this colony prospered by this sly-grog selling.

From The Eureka Stockade by Carboni, Raffaello

There was on the platform a sly-grog seller, who plied with the black-bottle all the folks there, and the day was very hot, the sun was almost burning.

From The Eureka Stockade by Carboni, Raffaello