wets

Noun

wet (countable and uncountable, plural wets)

1. Liquid or moisture.
   • Now the sun, with more effectual beams, / Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet / From drooping plant.1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC
2. Rainy weather.
   • Don't go out in the wet.
3. (Australia) Rainy season. (often capitalized)
   • They'll be in the camp […] before the Wet's out, mark my words.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, pages 186–7
4. (UK, derogatory) A moderate Conservative; especially, one who opposed the hard-line policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.

   Antonyms:

   dry

5. (colloquial) An alcoholic drink.
   • ‘A pity,’ said Jim, ‘I thought we was going to have a free wet.’1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 60
6. (US, colloquial) One who supports the consumption of alcohol and thus opposes Prohibition.
   • The drys were as unhappy with the second part of the speech as the wets were with the first half.c. 1952-1996, Noah S. Sweat, quoted in 1996

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