Interestingly enough, the term “shot” was at one time synonymous with “a charge to be paid” (and, in a more specific usage, “a bill or one’s share of it, especially in a pub or bar”), according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
The earliest known usage of"shot" in the sense of"a measure of liquor" appeared in theof the Rev. Oliver Heywood , in which we find the phrase"their vain way of drinking shots." Unfortunately for the trading-cartridges-for-shots theory, the usage predates the time period of the Old West by some 150 years. to the.
Despite their sharing the same derivation, it's unclear precisely how these three disparate senses of the word came to be associated with one another. A theory advanced on the Etymology Online web site suggests that the expression"throw down" may link them:. Extended to other projectiles in Middle English, and to sports 1868.
."Throwing down" might also have led to the meaning"a drink," first attested 1670s, the more precise meaning"small drink of straight liquor" by 1928 . how frequently the exact phrase"shot of whiskey" appeared in published sources from the year 1800 on, we found that it didn't actually become common until the mid-20th century, by which time all that was left of the Old West were fading memories, rusting artifacts, and folklore.
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