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Word of the Day for Thursday, March 17, 2011quaff \KWOFF; KWAFF\, intransitive verb: 1. To drink a beverage, esp. an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment. transitive verb: noun: He gets drunk with his guides, makes eyes at the girls and gamely quaffs snake wine. If you were patient and kept your nose clean, you could slowly, almost effortlessly, rise from serf to squire and maybe even all the way to knight, in which case you, too, would be entitled to quaff bowl-size martinis at midday. Instead they consume caviar, feed off foie gras, chomp exotic cheeses, and quaff champagne. Quaff is of unknown origin. | |||||||||
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  Why spelling in Irish (Gaelic) looks so familiar, yet unfamiliarMarch 17th is St. Patrick's Day, or L� Fh�ile P�draig (Irish), named for one of the most recognized of the patron saints of Ireland, Saint Patrick, who died on this date around 493 A.D. While St. Patrick is famous for allegedly driving snakes out of Ireland, he is also responsible for the oldest known Gaelic... | |||||||||
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