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usquebaugh

Syllables: us·que·baugh/ˈʌs.kwɪ.bɔː/US/ˈʌs.kwəˌbɔ/

usquebaugh noun: whiskey or whisky.

usquebaugh: whiskey or whisky
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Noun

usquebaugh (countable and uncountable, plural usquebaughs)

  1. (Ireland, Scotland, archaic) Whiskey or whisky.
    • [R]emember the Lo[rd] Admyrall [Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham] and the Lord Threasurer [Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset] with a couple of Pugges or some vscough baugh or some such toyes, it would shew that you do not neglect them, whoe, I protest, are to you wonderfull kynde.1600 October 4 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Robert Cecil, “[Letter] X”, in John MacLean, editor, Letters from Sir Robert Cecil to Sir George Carew (Camden Series; 88), [London]: […] [John...
    • [I]f you ſcape vvith life, and take a fagot boat, and a bottle of Vſquebaugh, come home poore men, like a type of Theames Street ſtinking of pitch and poore Iohn.c. 1613–1616 (date written), Fra[ncis] Beaumont, Jo[hn] Fletcher, The Scornful Ladie. A Comedie. […], London: […] [John Beale] for Myles Partrich, […], published 1616, →OCLC, Act II, signature E...

usquebaugh meaning in Tamil

usquebaugh in Tamil

சாராய வகை

Examples of usquebaugh in a sentence

  • [W]hat does my noble captain drink—is it brandy, rum, usquebaugh?1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 8.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […]...
  • ["]But, oh, I hope the dear old lady will get well very quickly." / "If usquebaugh can mend her, no doubt the recovery will be rapid," answered the Major, laughing.1882, [Mary Elizabeth Braddon], “Cupid and Psyche”, in Mount Royal […], volume I, London: John and Robert Maxwell […], →OCLC, page 214:
  • Three drams of usquebaugh you drank with Dan Deasy's ducats.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 9: Scylla and Charybdis]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II...
  • And hand me the usquebaugh." / "The usquebaugh?1981, T[homas] Coraghessan Boyle, “The Niger [You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down]”, in Water Music […] (An Atlantic Monthly Press Book)...

Forms of usquebaugh

pluralusquebaughs
alternative form (obsolete)uskebeaghe
alternative form (obsolete)usquebath
alternative Scotland (obsolete)usquabae
alternative Scotland (obsolete)usquebae
alternative Scotland (obsolete)whiskybae

Origin of usquebaugh

[Alt: A glass with a round bottom which tappers to the lip, served with usquebaugh.] Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥der. Proto-Celtic *udenskyos Old Irish uisce Irish uisce Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Celtic *biwos Proto-Celtic *-tūts Proto-Celtic *biwotūts Old Irish bethu Irish beatha Medieval Latin aqua vītaecalq. Irish uisce beathabor. ▲ Old Irish uisce Scottish Gaelic uisge ▲ Old Irish bethu Scottish Gaelic beatha Medieval Latin aqua vītaecalq. Scottish Gaelic uisge-beathabor. English usquebaugh Borrowed from Irish uisce beatha and Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha (“whiskey or whisky”, literally “water of life”) (a calque of Medieval Latin aqua vītae (“distilled alcohol, liquor”, literally “water of life”)), from Irish uisce, Scottish Gaelic uisge (“water”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”)) + Irish beatha, Scottish Gaelic beatha (“life”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”)), Doublet of whiskey and whisky.

Words formed from usquebaugh

Questions about usquebaugh

What does usquebaugh mean?
Usquebaugh means whiskey or whisky.
What is usquebaugh in Tamil?
Usquebaugh in Tamil is சாராய வகை. See Usquebaugh meaning in Tamil.
How do you use usquebaugh in a sentence?
[W]hat does my noble captain drink—is it brandy, rum, usquebaugh?
What part of speech is usquebaugh?
Usquebaugh is a noun.
How do you pronounce usquebaugh?
Usquebaugh is pronounced /ˈʌs.kwɪ.bɔː/ (UK).
What is the plural of usquebaugh?
The plural of usquebaugh is usquebaughs.

Words near usquebaugh in the dictionary

  1. USPTO
  2. usquabae
  3. usque
  4. usquebae
  5. usquebath
  6. usquebaugh
  7. usquebaughs
  8. usques
  9. usr
  10. USRA
  11. USrael

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