barley-bree

[ bahr-lee-bree ]

/ ˈbɑr liˌbri /

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noun Chiefly Scot.

liquor, malt liquor, or the like, especially whiskey.

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Nearby words

barley sandwich, barley stripe, barley sugar, barley water, barley wine, barley-bree, barleycorn, barlow, barlow's disease, barm, barm cake

Origin of barley-bree

First recorded in 1780–90

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Examples from the Web for barley-bree

What more poetical life can there be than that of the men with whom we are now quaffing the barley-bree?
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2)|John Wilson
By eight o'clock, however, he was merry with the barley-bree, and making a butt of himself to amuse the company.
The House with the Green Shutters|George Douglas Brown