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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

HOOKER, n.1 A glass of whisky, a dram (Mry.1 1925).Ayr. 1833 J. Kennedy Geordie Chalmers 45:
Ye'll be nane the waur o' a hooker after yer fricht.Mry. 1865 W. H. L. Tester Poems 133:
Sandy liket a hooker, an' brawlie I kent, The drap creatur' wad set him a speakin'.w.Sc. 1869 A. Macdonald Love, Law, etc. 545:
He found the liquor so good that he took another “hooker”.

[Found also in Canadian and U.S. slang.]

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