stump-water
English
Noun
stump-water (uncountable)
- stagnant water from a hollow in a rotting tree stump; also spunk-water.
- 2004, Aileen Kilgore Henderson, Hard Times for Jake Smith, Chapter VI:
- She thought about how folks believed that if you ducked your head in oak stump water, your straight hair would grow out curly. She had always wanted to try it, but Ma forbade it, and besides, oak stump water stunk sour.
-
- A term of contempt for an inferior beer or similar beverage.
- White lightning, stump water, mountain dew, panther sweat, these are just a few of the MANY names moonshine goes by!