English Explanatory Dictionary

willie-waught

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large swig of drink.

Word forms

willie-waught willie-waughts

Etymology

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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