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regmaker

regmaker noun: a drink or medicine taken as a hangover cure.

Noun

regmaker (plural regmakers)

  1. (South Africa) A drink or medicine taken as a hangover cure.
    • It is dark inside after the bright sun but I feel for my chair and reach for the salt for my eggs and I hear him say in a slow begging voice Anna get me a regmaker.1975, Sheila Roberts, Outside Life's Feast: Short Stories, Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, →ISBN, page 26
    Synonyms:
    pick-me-up

Synonyms of regmaker

Forms of regmaker

pluralregmakers
alternative formregemaker
alternative formregmaaker

Origin of regmaker

Borrowed from Afrikaans regmaker, from reg (“right”) + maker (“maker”).

Questions about regmaker

What does regmaker mean?
Regmaker means a drink or medicine taken as a hangover cure.
What part of speech is regmaker?
Regmaker is a noun.
What is the plural of regmaker?
The plural of regmaker is regmakers.

Words near regmaker in the dictionary

  1. regmacarps
  2. regmaglypt
  3. regmaglypted
  4. regmaglyptic
  5. regmaglypts
  6. regmaker
  7. regmakers
  8. regmata
  9. Regmi
  10. Regmis
  11. regna

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