"rot gut" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more rot gut [comparative], most rot gut [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-|more}} rot gut (not generally comparable, comparative more rot gut, superlative most rot gut)
  1. (usually of whiskey) Unrefined, low quality. Tags: not-comparable, usually
    Sense id: en-rot_gut-en-adj-emJ7ltVR

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} rot gut (uncountable)
  1. Alternative spelling of rotgut Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: rotgut Categories (topical): Distilled beverages
    Sense id: en-rot_gut-en-noun-5fjl0pjL Disambiguation of Distilled beverages: 26 74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 66

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