barley-bree

[bahr-lee-bree]

noun Chiefly Scot.

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

Origin of barley-bree

First recorded in 1780–90

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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