usquebaugh

Example Sentences

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Why, was it the usquebaugh that killed her?

From The Beaux-Stratagem by Farquhar, George

This was called usquebaugh, and had a strange peaty flavor, which was at first very unpleasant to them, but to which before they left Scotland they became quite accustomed.

From Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

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

"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

Three drams of usquebaugh you drank with Dan Deasy's ducats.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James