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tall glass of water

tall glass of water is the alternative form of long drink of water.

Meaning of long drink of water

Noun

long drink of water (plural long drinks of water)

  1. (Scotland, US, slang) A tall person.
    • Stair had grown up into a great lang drink, and would faukled, as Robin Cummell said, if he fell.[1887, John Service, chapter XVI, in The Life and Recollections of Doctor Duguid of Kilwinning. Written by Himself, and Now First Printed from the Recovered Manuscript, Edinburgh: Young J. Pentland...

Forms of tall glass of water

pluraltall glasses of water

Questions about tall glass of water

What is tall glass of water the alternative form of?
Tall glass of water is the alternative form of long drink of water.

Words near tall glass of water in the dictionary

  1. tall drink of water
  2. tall drinks
  3. tall drinks of water
  4. tall fescue
  5. tall fescues
  6. tall glass of water
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  8. tall in the saddle
  9. tall man
  10. tall meadow rue
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