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phlegm-cutters

phlegm-cutters is the plural of phlegm-cutter.

Meaning of phlegm-cutter

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

Questions about phlegm-cutters

What is phlegm-cutters the plural of?
Phlegm-cutters is the plural of phlegm-cutter.

Words near phlegm-cutters in the dictionary

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

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