whisky

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  1. noun Variant of whiskey.

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  • By dawn, however, their whisky was all gone, and they were in so deep a stupor that, one after the other, the seven fell from their chairs to the floor, where they sprawled un- conscious. —  The Story of a Pioneer
  • Alessio drank some more whisky, his face expressionless. —  TheCountsBlackmailBargain
  • When you have got away from work for a time—you never finish work—there is nowhere to loaf except the canteen, where the whisky is a shilling a tot, and Bass four shillings a bottle. —  Diary of a Soldier of Fortune
  • However, there is an old method for improving cheap whisky which is traditionally used on scotch stuff. —  Medlogs - Recent stories
  • Where they obtained their whisky was a mystery to the command. —  Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive
 

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/ˈhwɪski/
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