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usquebaughs

usquebaughs is the plural of usquebaugh.

Meaning of usquebaugh

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...

Questions about usquebaughs

What is usquebaughs the plural of?
Usquebaughs is the plural of usquebaugh.

Words near usquebaughs in the dictionary

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

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