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at a draft

at a draft is the US standard spelling of at a draught.

Meaning of at a draught

Prepositional phrase

  1. (dated, idiomatic) In a single swallow.
    • I then made another ſign that I wanted Drink. They found by my eating, that a ſmall Quantity would not ſuffice me, and being a moſt ingenious People, they flung up with great dexterity one of their largeſt Hogſheads, then rolled it towards my Hand, and beat out the top; I drank it off at a Draught...1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Gives Some Account of Himself and Family, His First Inducements to Travel. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s...

Questions about at a draft

What is at a draft the US standard spelling of?
At a draft is the US standard spelling of at a draught.

Words near at a draft in the dictionary

  1. at a brunt
  2. at a canter
  3. at a clip
  4. at a discount
  5. at a distance
  6. at a draft
  7. at a draught
  8. at a fast clip
  9. at a glance
  10. at a go
  11. at a guess

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