usquebaugh

Example Sentences

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Why, was it the usquebaugh that killed her?

From The Beaux-Stratagem by Farquhar, George

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

Our inn here is an excellent one, as far as I am concerned; and the sallad-oil green, like Irish usquebaugh, nothing was ever so excellent.

From Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I by Piozzi, Hester Lynch

This, he explained, was usquebaugh, "ta watter of life," and the spice of poetry in the description tempted the Colonel and me to try a dram.

From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.

He had oatcake in his sporran, and I a flask of usquebaugh.

From Audrey by Johnston, Mary