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Definition of a hair of the dog
hair of the dog
noun
- a drink of alcohol in the morning - of the same type one was drinking the previous night - to ward off or stop a hangover.
Is there any beer left? I need some hair of the dog.
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Last edited on Sep 23 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 31 2009.
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- From the phrase "hair of the dog that bit (one)."
Last edited on Sep 23 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 31 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'alcohol': | |
| Definitions include: an unspecified number of alcoholic drinks after work, usually meaning enough to have an invigorating effect, but without causing drunkenness. | |
| Definitions include: whiskey or other strong liquor. | |
| Definitions include: alcoholic. | |
| Definitions include: defecation causing extreme pain, and audible growling sounds. | |
| Definitions include: "Natural Light" brand beer. | |
| Definitions include: alcohol. | |
| Definitions include: beer. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "bring your own beer", "bring your own bottle", or "bring your own booze". | |
| Definitions include: a very ugly person. | |
| Definitions include: expression of dismay; "bummer". | |
| Definitions include: an event that makes one realize the truth about something. | |
| Definitions include: one's favorite unhealthy thing. | |
| Definitions include: home-made alcohol. | |
| Definitions include: alcohol. | |
| Definitions include: alternate spelling / pronunciation of "road soda". | |
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Other terms relating to 'dog': | |
| Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate. | |
| Definitions include: be in serious trouble. | |
| Definitions include: the best at something; "the man". | |
| Definitions include: to start drinking alcohol again in the morning to avoid feeling hung-over. | |
| Definitions include: two people who become enemies and make conflicts. | |
| Definitions include: raining hard. | |
| Definitions include: one of many apocryphal sex "moves". | |
| Definitions include: When a person deficates between a females breasts and then "titty fucks" that female | |
| Definitions include: very crazy. | |
| Definitions include: alternate spelling of dog. | |
| Definitions include: a mess, from "dog's breakfast." | |
| Definitions include: daughter; acronym for "dear daughter". | |
| Definitions include: to engage in an unproductive activity; waste time. | |
| Definitions include: a friend. | |
| Definitions include: "dog and bone" is Cockney slang for phone. | |
Other terms relating to 'hair': | |
| Definitions include: a day during which one can't make one's hair look good. | |
| Definitions include: to bother someone. | |
| Definitions include: an elderly person. | |
| Definitions include: a measure of very minute distance. | |
| Definitions include: a cunt hair. | |
| Definitions include: a very small amount - about the distance represented by the thickness of a female pubic hair. | |
| Definitions include: to perform cunnilingus. | |
| Definitions include: extremely attractive. | |
| Definitions include: has to do with a very fine filament. | |
| Definitions include: to get a wild impulse. | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: a glam metal band. | |
| Definitions include: the vulva, especially if unshaven. | |
| Definitions include: a person who grows their hair long out of laziness, or a repressed sense of social rebellion. | |
| Definitions include: a drink of alcohol in the morning - of the same type one was drinking the previous night - to ward off or stop a hangover. | |
Other terms relating to 'of': | |
| Definitions include: a worthless person. | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a little crazy | |
| Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence. | |
| Definitions include: "not all there". | |
| Definitions include: skittish. | |
| Definitions include: an amount of violence. | |
| Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
| Definitions include: an impressive. | |
| Definitions include: an impressive. | |
| Definitions include: many. | |
| Definitions include: an emphatic "yes". | |
| Definitions include: better than all that. | |
| Definitions include: the best. | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: inclusive. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
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