Word: rotgut
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...were decent Irish Catholics, dwellers in a poor Chicago neighborhood. But they thought of themselves as citizens of no mean city. Young Studs took to his tough environment like an alley-cat to a garbage can-fought, smoked, played football in vacant lots, shot pool, went with whores, drank rotgut, occasionally made his confession. In his weaker moments Studs sometimes asked himself what the hell it was all about, even fell in love with a nice girl. But the nice girl married somebody else and Studs's musings never came to anything. By & large he was well content...