usquebaugh
Example Sentences
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Why, was it the usquebaugh that killed her?
From The Beaux-Stratagem by Farquhar, George
"Oh! we maun send the Queen a stag, And grouse for her propine, And we'll send her a cask o' the usquebaugh, And a butt o' the red French wine!"
From New Collected Rhymes by Lang, Andrew
He had oatcake in his sporran, and I a flask of usquebaugh.
From Audrey by Johnston, Mary
We drank your healths together in usquebaugh after our tea: we are the greatest friends alive.
From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George
A mourning hat-band; and half a bottle of usquebaugh.
From Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer by Steele, Richard, Sir
