barley-bree

[ bahr-lee-bree ]

noun

, Chiefly Scot.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of barley-bree¹

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

By eight o'clock, however, he was merry with the barley-bree, and making a butt of himself to amuse the company.

From Project Gutenberg

What more poetical life can there be than that of the men with whom we are now quaffing the barley-bree?

From Project Gutenberg