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Definition:
1. apothecary weight equal to 60 grains or 1/8 of an ounce;
2. a small qty of anything, esp a drink of liquor
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The heat of the weather made them careless of doing this; but taking a
dram
of brandy which I gave them when wet, with a charge to shift themselves,
William Dampier. A Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699
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"It was some broken wittles—that's what it was—and a
dram
of liquor, and a pie."
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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The mistress sent her maid for a small
dram
cup, which held about two gallons, and filled it with drink;
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World (1726)
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I poured in the whiskey and a
dram
of soda.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita
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