Willie-waught
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A large swig of drink.
"We were just pledging each other in a brimming saucer of the beverage, and expressing loudly our determination to imbibe a willie-waught, when […]"
Example
More examples"We were just pledging each other in a brimming saucer of the beverage, and expressing loudly our determination to imbibe a willie-waught, when […]"
Etymology
From a misunderstanding of the syntax of the line "we'll tak a right guid-willie waught" in Robert Burns' 1788 poem Auld Lang Syne.
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