Bug-Juice, subs. (common).—1. Ginger ale.
2. (American.)—The Schlechter whiskey of the Pennsylvania Dutch—a very
inferior spirit. Also called bug-poison. These terms are now applied to
bad whiskey of all kinds. For synonyms, see Drinks.
1888. Texas Siftings, 7 July. It is a singular fact, that nearly
every character introduced by Charles Dickens into his numerous
novels, was addicted to drinking ... each and every individual took
his bug-poison with surprising regularity and eminent satisfaction.
Bugle It, verb (American cadets’).—To abstain from going into class
until the last moment—i.e., until the bugle sounds.