Meanings
alternative doch an durrus
- 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 533Synonyms: one for the road, stirrup cup
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA drink taken on departure.
Origin
- Scottish Gaelicdeoch an dorais“literally, 'door drink'”
- Irishdeoch an dorais
- Englishdoch-an-dorris
From Irish deoch an dorais and Scottish Gaelic deoch an dorais (“literally, 'door drink'”), from deoch (“a drink”) and dorais (“door”).
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