Meaning of Whisky | Babel Free
ˈwɪskiDefinitions
Eau-de-vie d’orge malté.
Equivalents
Examples
“That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like⟳ him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make⟳ not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.”
“1768, Ignatius Sancho, letter to Mr. M—, in Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, London: J. Nichols, 3rd edition, 1784, pp. 7-8, Look⟳ into old age, you will see⟳ avarice joined to poverty—letchery, gout, impotency, like⟳ three monkeys, or London bucks, in a one-horse whisky, driving to the Devil.”
“At the appointed time Mr. Kettering’s one-horse chaise, or rather whisky, drove up to the door; for, as it was principally intended for him to visit⟳ his patients, when disinclined to mount⟳ his horse, it was built in the lightest manner, and without a head, that it might move⟳ with the greater expedition.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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