usquebaugh
Example Sentences
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And the taste of that same peat would be in the cup he sipped from as he tippled the local usquebaugh, or whisky, as he sipped the distillation of his own land, the very definition of terroir.
From Seattle Times
Manus rubbed his eyes and looked right and left, before and behind; and there were the vessels of gold and the vessels of silver, the dishes, and the plates, and the cups, and the punch-bowls, and the tankards: there was the golden mether, too, that every Thierna at his wedding used to drink out of to the kerne in real usquebaugh.
From Project Gutenberg
The world loved him, and he saw no good reason why he should not in return love its venison and usquebaugh.
From Project Gutenberg
Father Cuddy derived no small comfort from the sound, for it presaged a good metheglin season, and metheglin he regarded, if well manufactured, to be no bad liquor, particularly when there was no stint of usquebaugh in the brewing.
From Project Gutenberg
To make verses to the widow, on the other hand, came as easy as sipping usquebaugh or metheglin.
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