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Where does the term doch-an-doris come from and What does doch-an-doris mean?

June 23, 2020 by Karen Hill

Any Scot can tell you that the term doch-an-doris has the same meaning as “stirrup cup,” and is literally “a drink at the door,” that is, a parting drink.

Sometimes it is written doch-an-dorach, but in any case it represents the Gaelic deoch, “drink,” an “the,” and doruis, “door.”

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About Karen Hill

Karen Hill is a freelance writer, editor, and columnist. Born in New York, her work has appeared in the Examiner, Yahoo News, Buzzfeed, among others.

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