blue pig n.1
1. an unlicensed drinking house, a speakeasy, an ‘after-hours’ bar.
‘“Blue”: Indecent, Obscene’ in AS XXVIII:1 12: A blue pig is an establishment for the sale of illicit liquor. |
2. the whisky served in such an establishment.
Dict. Amer. Sl. 273: blue pig, whisky. | ||
Laird’s Promptory 936: [Liquor:] slang: firewater, blue pig, John Barleycorn, redeye, rotgut, snake medicine, white mule, mountain dew. | ||
Seadog Guildbook ‘Cat Howell’s Book of Naughty Nomenclature’ 🌐 Booze: [...] Blue pig Blue ruin Blue stone. |