The loaded wagon clanked slowly up the incline, drew near, and rode like a ship at anchor against the scotches, brushing the stack with a crisp, sharp sound.
"The White Peacock"
D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
In the first place, the mere exercise of the imagination on others absolutely scotches egotism as long as it lasts, and leaves it weakened afterwards.
"The Feast of St. Friend"
Arnold Bennett
Said Bixby: When we arrived in St. Louis we came to the Planters' Hotel; to this very table where you and I are sitting now, and we had a couple of hot scotches between us, just as we have now, and we had a good last talk over old times and old acquaintances.
"Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens"
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