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doch-an-dorris

doch-an-dorris noun: a drink taken on departure.

Noun

doch-an-dorris

  1. A drink taken on departure.
    • "Just as you like, Jack," said Coo, "but take a doch an durrus before you go; you've a cold journey before you."1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 533

Synonyms of doch-an-dorris

Forms of doch-an-dorris

alternative formdoch an durrus

Origin of doch-an-dorris

From Irish deoch an dorais and Scottish Gaelic deoch an dorais (“literally, 'door drink'”), from deoch (“a drink”) and dorais (“door”).

Questions about doch-an-dorris

What does doch-an-dorris mean?
Doch-an-dorris means a drink taken on departure.
What part of speech is doch-an-dorris?
Doch-an-dorris is a noun.

Words near doch-an-dorris in the dictionary

  1. docetize
  2. docetized
  3. docetizes
  4. docetizing
  5. doch an durrus
  6. doch-an-dorris
  7. Dochart
  8. Docheny
  9. Docherty
  10. dochmiac
  11. dochmiacs

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