2. Verb. (third-person singular of quaff) ¹
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Definition of Quaffs
1. quaff [v] - See also: quaff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quaffs
Literary usage of Quaffs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Tankard of Ale: An Anthology of Drinking Songs by Theodore Maynard (1920)
"No warrior worth his salt But quaffs the mighty malt— But quaffs the mighty malt,
my boys, But quaffs the mighty malt! When Patrick into Ireland went The ..."
2. The Knickerbocker; Or, New York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew, Timothy Flint, Washington Irving (1862)
"He quaffs to her health till the goblet is drained. From bower to bower, ...
She dreams — 'tis of LIGHTFOOT — she tempts him to drink: He quaffs at her ..."
3. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1808)
"1 Far from this brawl your happy lurd reclines, And quaffs the nectar of the
noblest vines ; (Pour'd when Rome's chiefs were rough with manly hairs, ..."
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