pelt of the dog
nounEtymology
Alteration of hair of the dog, substituting hair with pelt, thus implying far greater quantity.
Definitions
An immoderate, excessive quantity of alcohol drunk the morning after whilst suffering…
An immoderate, excessive quantity of alcohol drunk the morning after whilst suffering withdrawal symptoms or a hangover, which goes beyond alleviating the complaint to causing drunkenness; compare hair of the dog.
- There were people — maybe two dozen — in the Knight’s Bar, for lunch, resuscitation, or the pelt of the dog that bit them. Not Yvonne, though. A bit early.
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No curated loop yet for pelt of the dog. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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