Tanglefoot

Quick meaning: Tanglefoot is a noun meaning (US, archaic, colloquial) Low-quality whiskey, especially home-brewed.

Meaning

(US, archaic, colloquial) Low-quality whiskey, especially home-brewed.

More Meanings

1. A sticky substance put at the base of trees or other plants to trap insects and prevent them from climbing up.

Example Sentences

But Dooley's Irish blood was up, five fingers of tanglefoot tingling in each fist and bubbling in his brain.

We reared experimental colonies in plastic nest containers (30 cm by 14 cm by 8 cm) lined with fluon and tanglefoot to prevent ants from escaping.

They never seemed to want anything, even at the sutler's store, though the Lord knows there wasn't much there they could want except tanglefoot and tobacco.

In the following year blight appeared again, but at another point, and after cutting it out I put on tanglefoot, simply because I happened to have some with me when passing the tree.

Related Words

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