usquebaugh
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of usquebaugh
1575–85; < Irish uisce beatha or Scots Gaelic uisge beatha; see whiskey
Example Sentences
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A mourning hat-band; and half a bottle of usquebaugh.
From Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer by Steele, Richard, Sir
Irish, a pouch, a purse; strath, N., a valley; strathspey, Sc., a dance, named from the valley of the river Spey; tocher, N., a dowry; usquebaugh, Sc.,
From English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
Three drams of usquebaugh you drank with Dan Deasy's ducats.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
Then there's the frightening nursery rhyme: The Irishman loved usquebaugh, The Scot loved ale called Bluecap.
From The Complete Book of Cheese by Brown, Robert Carlton
They, nothing abashed, continued to squat round the fire, smoking tobacco and quaffing with evident pleasure the small glasses of usquebaugh which Dick bestowed upon them.
From Adventures in the Far West by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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