noun
- Strong alcoholic liquor, especially whiskey or other spirits (plural of firewater).
Usage: informal; often humorous or derogatory
Examples
- The old prospectors traded in firewaters at the frontier saloon.
- He warned his friends to stay away from those cheap firewaters.
- The bartender kept several bottles of premium firewaters behind the counter.
- They joked about the firewaters burning their throats.
- The settlers bartered goods for firewaters with the traders.