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Definition of Boozing
1. Noun. The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess. "Drink was his downfall"
Generic synonyms: Intemperance, Intemperateness
Specialized synonyms: Drinking Bout
Derivative terms: Crapulent, Crapulous, Crapulous, Drink, Drink, Drink, Drink
Definition of Boozing
1. Noun. The act of drinking heavily. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of booze) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Boozing
1. booze [v] - See also: booze
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boozing
Literary usage of Boozing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mysteries of the Court of London by George William MacArthur Reynolds (1863)
"Didn'tI meet you at the boozing-ken t and didn't you bolt away like a shot?" "
Well, I thought you was arter playing me • trick," replied Tony ; " and so, ..."
2. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"boozing. An ox or cow stall; generally made of bricks. A receptacle for the food
of cattle, ... You need not feed the cows, there's hay left in the boozing. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"The Cheshire custom of tenure of a farm is to enter and leave the land on the
2nd of February (Candlemas Day), and the house, buildings, garden, and boozing ..."
4. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"This landlord was a boozer stout, A snuff-taker and smoker. —Wolcot: Peter Pindar.
boozing cheat (thieves), a bottle. boozing ken (popular), a public- house ..."
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