deoch-an-doruis

/ (ˈdjɒxənˈdɒrɪs, dɒx-) /

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noun

Scot a parting drink or stirrup cupAlso called: doch-an-doris

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Word Origin for deoch-an-doruis

Scottish Gaelic: drink at the door

Words nearby deoch-an-doruis

denunciatory, Denver, Denver boot, deny, Denys, deoch-an-doruis, deodand, deodar, deodorant, deodorize, Deo gratias

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How to use deoch-an-doruis in a sentence

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Or is he just a straight-as-an-arrow Eagle Scout, far more Clark Kent than Superman?
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They had searched Mortlake House for Alice, and that vain quest had not wasted more than half-an-hour.
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It was the merest baby—half-an-ounce, perhaps—and it fell from the hook into the herbage some yards from the stream.
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In half-an-hour he was sound asleep, and a dead silence reigned in Azalea Lodge.
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