Green’s Dictionary of Slang

argee n.

[abbr. rotgut n.]

(US) inferior whisky.

[US]T. Winthrop John Brent (1876) 22: Some likes it [...] but taint like good old Argee to me.
Wkly Kansas Chief (Troy, KS) 26 Dec. 1/6: What a hard lot we were [...] livin’ on nothng but argee whiskey, and rampin’ off on benders.