pint-and-a-dram

Updated: July 29, 2026

I asked if he spoke for the bulk of the men. 'For ninety per cent in ony ballot. I don't say that there's not plenty of riff-raff the pint-and-a-dram gentry and the soft-heads that are aye reading bits of newspapers, and muddlin' their wits with foreign whigmaleeries.

John Buchan - Mr. Standfast