Hawick gill

Scots

Etymology

From Hawick +‎ gill.

Noun

Hawick gill (plural Hawick gills)

  1. A serving of an alcoholic beverage equal to half a mutchkin or about half an Imperial pint.
    • c. 1740, Allan Ramsay, Andrew and his Cuttie Gun:
      Blythe, blythe, blythe was she / Blythe was she, but and ben, / And weel she loo’ed a Hawick gill / And leuch to see a tappit hen.
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