Translation of "firewater" into French
eau de vie, gnôle are the top translations of "firewater" into French.
High proof alcohol, usually "whiskey", especially in the context of its sale to or consumption by Native Americans. (a Native American term, a calque of the Ojibwa word ishkodewaaboo, ishkodew meaning "fire" and aaboo meaning "water/liquid"). So-called due to frequent inclusion of red pepper by traders in order to hide the taste of cheap doctored alcohol, often including low grade ingredients such as tobacco juice, molasses, etc. Sometimes used humorously in other contexts. [..]
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eau de vie
They want our beads and give us firewater
Je donne des bijoux pour avoir de l' eau- de- vie
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gnôle
noun feminineEnough to keep you in firewater the rest of your life.
Tu aurais de la gnôle jusqu'à la fin de tes jours.
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