usquebaugh

Example Sentences

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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

But the interior of her hut was arranged for their reception, the usquebaugh was brewed or distilled in a larger quantity than it could have been supposed one lone woman could have made ready.

From Chronicles of the Canongate by Scott, Walter, Sir

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

What is the world coming to when fresh beef and usquebaugh are crowded to the wall by bad-smelling water!

From The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm by Streeter, John Williams