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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kwof, kwaf, kwawf |
| Phonetic Transcription : kwɒf, kwæf, kwɔf |
Definition of quaff
Origin :- 1510s (implied in quaffer), perhaps imitative, or perhaps from Low German quassen "to overindulge (in food and drink)," with -ss- misread as -ff-. Related: Quaffed; quaffing. The noun is attested by 1570s, from the verb.
- verb drink down
- Strollers come from the town to quaff the freshening breeze.
- Extract from : « The Toll Gatherer's Day (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- I laugh with them, I quaff with them, I let them rob me; but that's all.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- He must beware how he presume yet to quaff the volatile and fiery spirit.
- Extract from : « Zanoni » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
- He handed Carpenter a glass and each drank off his cocktail at a quaff.
- Extract from : « The Bishop of Cottontown » by John Trotwood Moore
- I rest under the shade of the corozo palm, and quaff the wine of the acrocomia.
- Extract from : « The War Trail » by Mayne Reid
- Every morsel and every quaff sharpened the craving for more.
- Extract from : « The Weird Orient » by Henry Iliowizi
- "Meet me on the day it is up and let me see you quaff your first Manhattan," he said, laughingly.
- Extract from : « A New Sensation » by Albert Ross
- Did they quaff it in full draughts or did they inhale it through calumets?
- Extract from : « Myths of the Rhine » by X. B. Saintine
- "I am hungry and weary, and desire to quaff from the wine horn," the other replied.
- Extract from : « Wulnoth the Wanderer » by Herbert Escott-Inman
- The Prior caused them to be brought in that they might quaff it and show sport to the monks.
- Extract from : « Oxford and its Story » by Cecil Headlam
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