How To Use Mutchkin In A Sentence
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Old Keltie, the landlord, who had bestowed his name on a bridge in the neighbourhood of his quondam dwelling, received the carrier with his usual festive cordiality, and adjourned with him into the house, under pretence of important business, which, I believe, consisted in their emptying together a mutchkin stoup of usquebaugh.
The Abbot
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'A mutchkin o 'usquebaugh for ilka man,' shouted a burly flesher, 'tis mair heartenin'.
Border Ghost Stories
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‘From a mutchkin to a gallon, I ken your honour’s taste,
Redgauntlet
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Inn, and to bestow a mutchkin, as he would jocosely say, to obtain the freedom of the house, but, in reality, to assure himself of my company during the evening. —
Old Mortality
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‘Bob of Dumblain,’ under the influence of half a mutchkin of brandy, he seemed to trot merrily forward, with a happy indifference to the state of the country, the conduct of the party, the end of the journey, and all other sublunary matters whatever.
Waverley
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Steenie cried for a mutchkin of brandy, for he had had no refreshment the haill day.
Redgauntlet
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Hieland sowens by Mr. Duncan MacDonought, the last minister, who began the morning duly, Sunday and Saturday, with a mutchkin of usquebaugh.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian
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Three sizes are known, all in Scots measure - quart, pint and mutchkin.
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I do not know whether it was from mere curiosity, or whether some hope of gain mixed with it, but after Dick had sold several horses in this way, he began to complain that dry — bargains were unlucky, and to hint that since his chap must live in the neighbourhood, he ought, in the courtesy of dealing, to treat him to half a mutchkin.
Waverley
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However he admitted him, and Worthington sent his son to buy a mutchkin of whisky costing two shillings, sending him first with a pound note and then, when no change was to be had, with silver.
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Roy Macdonald complied with the summons, taking with him a half mutchkin stoup full of whiskey.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.
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Two half mutchkins of raw whisky were then called for and drunk between them.
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He was a decorated war hero, but that didn't matter - he was still fined a half mutchkin of punch.
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Jekyl of a mutchkin of Glenlivat, that both would fall by the first fire.
Saint Ronan's Well
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Until the late 18th century, Scots liquid measures had colourful names like ` mutchkin’ and ` chopin’ (2 mutchkins).
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Hieland sowens by Mr. Duncan MacDonought, the last minister, who began the morning duly, Sunday and Saturday, with a mutchkin of usquebaugh.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian
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Westmoreland; and not liking to intrude on his family circle that evening, I sent a note up to Greta Hall, requesting him to come down and see me, and drink one half mutchkin along with me.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 543, Saturday, April 21, 1832.
