bud-a'-age

Updated: July 21, 2026

Of all tipplers, he who drinks early is the worst and most incurable." "Thrue for you, sir, but this only happens me wanst a year, your honor." "Once a year! But, by the by, you had no appearance of being tipsy, Peter." "Tipsy! Bud-a'-age, your honor, I was never seen tipsy in all my life," said Peter, "That's a horse of another color, sir, plase your honor."

William Carleton - Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee: Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of: William Carleton, Volume Three