potation

Example Sentences

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Now this brings me," he continued after drinking off the potation which Flan Sucker had assiduously placed upon the stand for his use, "to Andy Grant.

From Quodlibet by Kennedy, John Pendleton

What species o' sma' potation does he deal in?

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various

"Well-a-day," continued the clerk, draining an ample potation, "I've heard strange noises thereabout; and the big building there, men say, is haunted by the ghost."

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

"I am aware of that," replied her guest, "and, therefore, when in a public house, always pay for it the price of the stronger potation, which I cannot take."

From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Miles, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry)

"Here, you fish!" he said, in the midst of Gad's potation.

From Cudjo's Cave by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)