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Quaff

verb
(past & past part. quaffed; pres. part. quaffing)
1.
To swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught.  Synonyms: gulp, swig.
noun
1.
A hearty draft.



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"Quaff" Quotes from Famous Books



... the northern end of the lake in the dawn, or in the heavier shadows at the close of the day. Could it last? And how long? And did he believe that it could last? Or was he, with the practical instinct of a man of the world, merely determined to quaff that fragrant mildly intoxicating wine of mental love-making, until the gods ...
— Senator North • Gertrude Atherton

... lingers in the sunny glade; Plain be the vest, and simple be the braid! I charge thee with the myrtle wreath Not one resplendent bloom entwine; We both become that modest band, As stretch'd my vineyard's ample shade beneath, Jocund I quaff the rosy wine; While near me thou shalt smiling stand, And fill the sparkling ...
— Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace • Anna Seward

... for the poor cardinal, and he was obliged to quaff to the dregs the bitter cup of being in ...
— Notre-Dame de Paris - The Hunchback of Notre Dame • Victor Hugo

... Our cup is foaming to the brim With Soma pressed to sound of hymn. Come, drink, thy utmost craving slake, Like thirsty stag in forest lake, Or bull that roams in arid waste, And burns the cooling brook to taste. Indulge thy taste, and quaff at will; Drink, drink again, ...
— History of Religion - A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems • Allan Menzies

... and the senna have vanished, we fear, As the poet has said, like the snows of last year; And where is the mixture in boyhood we quaff'd, That was known by the ominous name of Black Draught? While Gregory's Powder has gone, we are told, To the limbo of drugs that ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 99, October 4, 1890 • Various


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