williewaught

The consul had known him sensible and sturdy at board meetings and executive councils; logical and convincing at political gatherings; decorous and grave in the kirk; and humorous and jovial at festivities, where perhaps later in the evening, in company with others, hands were clasped over a libation lyrically defined as a "right guid williewaught."

A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories Bret Harte 1869

Withal they are shrewd, canny, successful farmers -- and, as I inferred from sundry incidents, before Lord Ernest confided the fact to me, not averse from a "right gude williewaught" now and then.

Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) William Henry Hurlbert 1861