usquebaugh
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of usquebaugh
1575–85; < Irish uisce beatha or Scots Gaelic uisge beatha; see whiskey
Example Sentences
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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
He's a well-plucked one, though, took the lead and kept it, and when it was over, treated us to usquebaugh at Luckey Doughty's store.
From Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Johnston, Mary
"Oh! we maun send the Queen a stag, And grouse for her propine, And we'll send her a cask o' the usquebaugh, And a butt o' the red French wine!"
From New Collected Rhymes by Lang, Andrew
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)
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