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Roger one of those worthy parish clerks who could be accused of merely humming the psalms through the nostrils as a sack-butt, but much oftener instructed and amused his fellow-parishioners with the amorous ditties of the _Waiting Maid's Lamentation_, or one of those national songs which awake the remembrance of glorious deeds, and make each man burn with the enthusiasm of the conquering hero.
Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell Anonymous
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You, sir, unless my memory fails me (for I did steep it somewhat too deeply in the sack-butt), took some share in my hazard?”
Kenilworth 2004
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You, sir, unless my memory fails me (for I did steep it somewhat too deeply in the sack-butt), took some share in my hazard? "
Kenilworth Walter Scott 1801
chained_bear commented on the word sack-butt
Obsolete. A butt of sack. (No, seriously.)
Usage: 1623 MARKHAM English Housewife, ii. 149: "The depth of every Sack-Butt is the foure pricks next to the puncheon."
February 13, 2007
reesetee commented on the word sack-butt
Priceless.
February 14, 2007
sarahatlee commented on the word sack-butt
Beautiful. Just beautiful.
March 14, 2007