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Tib Mumps will be out wi the stirrup-dram in a gliffing; shell ask ye whether ye gang over Willies brae or through Conscowthart-moss; tell her ony ane ye like, but be sure (speaking low and emphatically) to tak the ane ye dinna tell her.
Chapter XXII 1917
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Tib Mumps will be out wi 'the stirrup-dram in a gliffing.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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Tib Mumps will be out wi 'the stirrup-dram in a gliffing.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Tib Mumps will be out wi 'the stirrup-dram in a gliffing.
Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Tib Mumps will be out wi’ the stirrup-dram in a gliffing.
Guy Mannering 1815
missanthropist commented on the word stirrup-dram
A glass of ardent spirits, or draught of ale, given by the landlord of an inn to his guest when about to depart on horseback.
John Jamieson, Etymological Scottish Dictionary, 1808
February 4, 2009
Gammerstang commented on the word stirrup-dram
(noun) - (1) A glass of ardent spirits or draught of ale given by the landlord of an inn to his guest when about to depart.
--John Jamieson's Etymological Scottish Dictionary, 1808
(2) In the north of the Highlands, called "cup at the door."
--Ebenezer Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1898
By the 19th century, the term stirrup-cup, also called the doch-an-dorrais (from Gaelic and Irish deoch, drink, and an doruis, of the door) was extended to include the welcoming of a guest with a drink before his dismount.
January 16, 2018