potation
Example Sentences
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Your ploughman, I suppose, becoming one degree poorer than he was born to be, would only go without his dinner, or without his usual potation of ale.
From St. Ronan's Well by Sir Walter Scott
"Here, you fish!" he said, in the midst of Gad's potation.
From Cudjo's Cave by J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge
“Peace, woman, peace,” said the Dominie, who had gained courage by his potation.
From Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat
Indeed, I know of no thin potation more truly refreshing before breakfast, than a cooling draught of cocoanut wai.
From Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise
He proceeded to shame me by indulging in a very liberal potation, smacking his lips with greatest zest at its conclusion, and winking across at me in a manner intended to indicate his superiority.
From A Maid of the Kentucky Hills by Edwin Carlile Litsey
