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drunkery

drunkery noun: drunkenness.

Noun

drunkery (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Drunkenness.
    • The State having the right to destroy the drunkery, the question for you, citizens of Iowa, to determine is would such action be right and just?quoted in 1887, John Bird Finch, The People Versus the Liquor Traffic (page 111)

Origin of drunkery

From drunk + -ery.

Questions about drunkery

What does drunkery mean?
Drunkery means drunkenness.
What part of speech is drunkery?
Drunkery is a noun.

Words near drunkery in the dictionary

  1. drunker
  2. drunker than a skunk
  3. drunker than a skunker
  4. drunkerd
  5. drunkerds
  6. drunkery
  7. drunkest
  8. drunkie
  9. drunkies
  10. drunkish
  11. drunkle

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