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rye

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1808, OED Evaluation: U.S. and Canad.

Rye whiskey.

ExampleMeaning
Interview: Whereabouts was that? Speaker: Ah, about ah, five miles past ah Delhi, towards ah, what do you call it? ... Yeah, down towards ah, where they make the rye whisky, down that part of Windsor.
Whiskey made from rye grain.
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Did you drink anything else besides beer? Speaker: Oh yeah. Whatever was going around. Speaker 2: Rye. Speaker: Rye, rum. Yeah rye. Rye- yeah rye was the big one. Speaker 2: Big one back then rye for sure. Speaker: That's all we used to drink.
Whiskey made from rye grain.
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Interviewer: Did you drink anything else besides beer? Speaker 2: Oh yeah. Whatever was going around. Speaker: Rye. Speaker 2: Rye, rum. Yeah rye. Rye- yeah rye was the big one. Speaker: Big one back then rye for sure. Speaker 2: That's all we used to drink.
Whiskey made from rye grain.
Remember the Five-Star-Rye? They used to have that little plastic thing on the bottle of rye. Used to go over to Agincourt there on Glenn-Waford and they used to have the old style liquor store.
Whiskey made from rye grain.
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... as a child, you-know, we as Europeans, I mean liquor is part of life ... in the- you-know, and um I remember being about twelve-years-old and my father used to like rye-and-ginger-ale, and it smelled really good so I said "Well, can I try some?" "Sure, go ahead" and I- and so I, you-know, I had a drink. It was- it was very um potent ... and I remember the way I felt afterwards, just dreadful.
Whiskey made from rye grain.
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But what we did was, they had a big big punch bowl and they filled it with rum, rye, vodka, gin.... And the groom, he didn't have to drink the whole thing, but he had to take a big- and what they did was, they lifted him up and he never- he can't touch any of the food on the table.
Whiskey made from rye grain.
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Interviewer: Are there any other Northern-Ontario or just particular things you can think of? Speaker: Ah, what did I always use to say that used to make them laugh? Ah, well, we used to say whiskey a lot and they'd say rye. That's a United-States thing too. But ah, there was something. I can't remember what I used to say all the time they used to- they could never understand. Maybe it might pop into me after. I-don't-know.
Whiskey made from rye grain.
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... I had two beers and that's it for me, I can't drink anymore. ... I can't drink the beer I just can't do it. I'll drink rye whatever but-
Whiskey made from rye grain.
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Only one person can quit, that's you. I got up one morning here and b-- my breakfast used to be that much rye in a water-glass. Besides the job I- s-- stuff I had at the job. Got up one morning and I said- poured a drink and I said "What the hell's the matter with you?" Opened the bottle, poured it back in, never touched it from that day to this.
Whiskey made from rye grain.
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... it was a special occasion that you got a case of beer, which probably was about eight or nine dollars in those days. And ah- or you'd have a- s-- mickey of rye and then when we got a little more affluent we switched to scotch. And now I don't like rye, it gives me a headache.
Whiskey made from rye grain.
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Speaker: The best ginger-ale ever made in Canada. Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. They put a little bit of mix with it- Speaker: Yeah, damn. And especially when mixed with some rye. Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right, yeah.
Whiskey made from rye grain.
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That was- one of the Thickssons' main corn roasts was on the long weekend in September. So me and another guy cooked fifty-two dozen cobs of corn and drank a bit of rye.
Whiskey made from rye grain.
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And ah it depends, what booze I was drinking. You-know, if I was just drinking beer and you-know I'd be having a good time or if I was just drinking rum it'd be a good time, but if I switched to rye or scotch, and then it's just like Jekyll-and-Hyde, kind of fact, right?
Whiskey made from rye grain.