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  • 31drink — [c]/drɪŋk / (say dringk) verb (drank or, formerly, drunk, drunk or, sometimes, drank or …

  • 32drink — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A liquid for drinking, or a portion of this] Syn. beverage, sip, gulp, potion, potable, libation, drop, bottle, glass, toast, belt, refreshment, thirst quencher, draft, potation, drinkable, liquid, quaff, brew, tonic, tall… …

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  • 33drink — I. verb (drank; drunk or drank; drinking) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English drincan; akin to Old High German trinkan to drink Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. swallow, imbibe …

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  • 34drink —    1. an intoxicant or to drink intoxicants    The commonest euphemism for anything to do with intoxicants. Thus if a friend offers you a drink, you do not expect him to serve water.    To like a drink is to have a perhaps modest alcoholic… …

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  • 35drink — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ cold, cool, iced, refreshing ▪ I could do with a nice cool drink. ▪ hot, warm ▪ …

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  • 36drink — v 1. imbibe, quaff, sip, sup, Archaic. bib, Inf. swig, Inf. belt, Inf. pull; drain, wash down, toss off; gulp, swallow, Sl. guzzle or guzzle down, Sl. swill or swill down. 2.(all of alcoholic beverages) tipple, tope, bouse or bowse, Inf. booze,… …

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  • 37Alcoholic beverage control state — ABC store redirects here. For the Hawaiian convenience store chain, see ABC Stores (Hawaii). Alcoholic beverage control states, generally called control states, are those in the United States that have state monopoly over the wholesaling and/or… …

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  • 38Alcoholic beverages in Oregon — 1914 Executive Order by Governor Oswald West, announcing the passage of prohibition by ballot initiative …

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  • 39drink-driving — noun a) Operation of a motor vehicle after recently consuming an alcoholic beverage. A reformed alcoholic with an “appalling” history of drink driving between three and five times the legal limit was jailed yesterday. b) A criminal offence… …

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  • 40alcoholic — I UK [ˌælkəˈhɒlɪk] / US [ˌælkəˈhɔlɪk] adjective ** 1) containing alcohol alcoholic beverages/drinks/liquor 2) relating to alcohol or caused by alcohol alcoholic liver disease 3) affected by alcoholism his alcoholic father/mother II UK… …

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