willie-waught

noun

A large swig of drink.

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Meanings

nounwillie-waught (plural willie-waughts)

plural willie-waughts

  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 […]

    1854, The Knickerbocker, volume 44, page 194

Origin

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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APA

willie-waught. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/willie-waught

MLA

“willie-waught.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/willie-waught. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “willie-waught,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/willie-waught.

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