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==Etymology==
− The liquor is short for hoochinoo (1877), a liquor made by the Hoochinoo or Hutsnuwu,^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(SOED 2002) a Tlingit people of Alaska,^(MW Collegiate)^(AHD 2000) whose name the OED derives from Tlingit Hutsnuwu, literally “grizzly bear fort”.^(Etymonline) Their liquor was a favourite with miners in the Klondike gold rush.^(Etymonline)
+ The liquor is short for hoochinoo (1877), a liquor made by the Hoochinoo or Hutsnuwu,^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(SOED 2002) a Tlingit people of Alaska,^(MW Collegiate)^(AHD 2000) whose name the OED derives from [[tli|Hutsnuwu|t=grizzly bear fort]].^(Etymonline) Their liquor was a favourite with miners in the Klondike gold rush.^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==