potation

Example Sentences

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

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

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

The "Thumbo-rig" above might mean either a new potation or a new dance.

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James

"Ha! they are a jovial troup of good chaps, and deserve one grand potation; but I gave them only one leetle hamper, for fear they should get mouillé."

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

Debilitated people, who have been unfortunately accustomed to great ingurgitation of spirituous potation, frequently part with a great quantity of water during the night, but with not more than usual in the day-time.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus