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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Old French
Origin: drame or Late Latin dragma, from Greek drachme 'amount held in the hand'

dram

 noun
     
Related topics: Drink
dram [countable]
DFD a small alcoholic drink, especially whisky - used especially in Scotland
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