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Those who would derive the expression directly from the peg tankard sense are thus not correct, for, while that attribution might have been the original source, the expression itself is traceable only to a metaphor once removed from the tankard.
The first person that drank was to empty the tankard to the first peg or pin; the second was to empty to the next pin, &c.; by which means the pins were so many measures to the compotators, making them all drink alike, or the same quantity; and as the distance of the pins was such as to contain a large draught of liquor, the company would be very liable by this method to get drunk, especially when, if they drank short of the pin, or beyond it, they were obliged to drink again.
If you find an old “tappit hen” (a traditional drinking tankard), look for the silver assay mark of a castle, indicating an authentic Edinburgh piece.