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What does the Scots expression "deoch an doris" apply to?

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What does the Scots expression "deoch an doris" apply to?
posted May 12, 2022 by Sandeep Otari

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A farewell drink
The expression literally translates as "drink of the door", in current terminology "one for the road", the Scots term for the practice of providing one last drink for their guest before leaving for the journey home; it was popularised widely in a song by Sir Harry Lauder (1870-1950) written in 1911.

answer May 13, 2022 by Harshita Dhaliwal
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