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usquebaugh
[ uhs-kwi-baw, -bah ]
noun
- (in Scotland and Ireland) whiskey.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of usquebaugh1
1575–85; < Irish uisce beatha or Scots Gaelic uisge beatha; whiskey
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Word History and Origins
Origin of usquebaugh1
C16: from Irish Gaelic uisce beathadh or Scot Gaelic uisge beatha water of life
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Example Sentences
I had been losing cursedly at cards that day, and mine host's wine had a dash of usquebaugh in it, I dare swear.
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His wife departed, muttering to herself, and the reverend Gideon pulled out of his capacious pocket a flask of usquebaugh.
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What is the world coming to when fresh beef and usquebaugh are crowded to the wall by bad-smelling water!
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A mutchkin o' usquebaugh for ilka man,' shouted a burly flesher, ''tis mair heartenin'.'
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But her diseased mind required stronger stimulants, and sought them in gallantry, in basset, and in usquebaugh.
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