usquebaugh

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Irish, a pouch, a purse; strath, N., a valley; strathspey, Sc., a dance, named from the valley of the river Spey; tocher, N., a dowry; usquebaugh, Sc.,

From English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)

Why, was it the usquebaugh that killed her?

From The Beaux-Stratagem by Farquhar, George

They, nothing abashed, continued to squat round the fire, smoking tobacco and quaffing with evident pleasure the small glasses of usquebaugh which Dick bestowed upon them.

From Adventures in the Far West by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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.

A mourning hat-band; and half a bottle of usquebaugh.

From Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer by Steele, Richard, Sir