barley-bree
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of barley-bree
First recorded in 1780–90
Example Sentences
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He would sit quietly in the chimney-corner from morning till night, replenishing his interior with ample potions of the genuine barley-bree, and turning in his mind some philosophy peculiarly his own.
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Oh, the worthy German dragoons! they were much more reasonable guests; they knew how to appreciate the good barley-bree!
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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?
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By eight o'clock, however, he was merry with the barley-bree, and making a butt of himself to amuse the company.
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"In a snug shelter maybe at our hostelrie below, with a mug of the right barley-bree buzzing at our elbow—oat-cake and cheese conformable thereto."
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