usquebaugh
Example Sentences
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In Morewood's History of Inebriating Liquors, he gives a list of the ingredients used in the composition of usquebaugh, and none of these are Irish productions.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack
But her diseased mind required stronger stimulants, and sought them in gallantry, in basset, and in usquebaugh.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
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 William Henry Giles Kingston
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 George W. Gough
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 Hester Lynch Piozzi
