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

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 was a hard-looking woman—just the sort that might have kept a third-rate pub or 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

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