a whiskey distilled from a fermented mash of not less than 80 percent corn grain
corn whiskey in American English
noun
whiskey made from a mash having at least 80 percent corn
Also called: corn, corn liquor
Word origin
[1835–45, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: crosshead, cutaway, hot plate, hybridize, squeegee