Yiddish
Etymology
אַכציק (akhtsik) + ־ער (-er).
Pronunciation
Noun
אַכציקער • (akhtsiker) m
- (US) 80-proof whiskey (whiskey with 40% ABV)
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “80 proof whiskey”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN