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phlegm-cutter

phlegm-cutter noun: an alcoholic drink, especially one consumed before breakfast.

Noun

phlegm-cutter (plural phlegm-cutters)

  1. (obsolete, slang) An alcoholic drink, especially one consumed before breakfast.
    • "If I'm good enough to talk about I be good enough to drink with," Peters shouted. "Fritz! Squarehead! Two phlegm-cutters here."2022, Brian Penton, Landtakers: The Story of an Epoch

Forms of phlegm-cutter

pluralphlegm-cutters

Origin of phlegm-cutter

From phlegm + cutter; first use appears c. 1806.

Questions about phlegm-cutter

What does phlegm-cutter mean?
Phlegm-cutter means an alcoholic drink, especially one consumed before breakfast.
What part of speech is phlegm-cutter?
Phlegm-cutter is a noun.
What is the plural of phlegm-cutter?
The plural of phlegm-cutter is phlegm-cutters.

Words near phlegm-cutter in the dictionary

  1. Phlegethontic
  2. phlegethontiid
  3. phlegethontiids
  4. Phlegeton
  5. phlegm
  6. phlegm-cutter
  7. phlegm-cutters
  8. phlegmagogic
  9. phlegmagogue
  10. phlegmagogues
  11. phlegmasia

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