usquebaugh
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Before the 18th century usquebaugh is the regular form.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
Three drams of usquebaugh you drank with Dan Deasy's ducats.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
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
"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
I have just received your letter of the 2nd, with the usquebaugh, for which I am much obliged to you.
From Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of
