usquebaugh
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of usquebaugh
1575–85; < Irish uisce beatha or Scots Gaelic uisge beatha; see whiskey
Example Sentences
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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 Mary Johnston
But the interior of her hut was arranged for their reception, the usquebaugh was brewed or distilled in a larger quantity than it could have been supposed one lone woman could have made ready.
From Chronicles of the Canongate by Sir Walter Scott
Before the 18th century usquebaugh is the regular form.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
A mourning hat-band; and half a bottle of usquebaugh.
From Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer by Sir Richard Steele
I have just received your letter of the 2nd, with the usquebaugh, for which I am much obliged to you.
From Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of
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