Hair Of The Dog
Word | HAIR OF THE DOG |
Character | 15 |
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An alcoholic beverage consumed as a hangover rememdy. The phrase comes from the expression "hair of the dog that bit you", meaning that the best cure for what ails you is to have some more of it. In ancient times it was literally used to say that if a dog were to bite you, putting the dog's hair into the wound would heal it. "Like cures like". This hangover remedy is not recommended because a) it leads to a bad habit of drinking during the day and b)it doesn't really work very well. Still, this method works about as well as most other hangover remedies. Urban Dictionary
Alcoholic beverage consumed to ease a hangover (from saying "hair of the dog that bit you") Urban Dictionary
This phrase comes from the old myth that if you got bit by a dog, and took a clump of that dog's hair and rubbed it on the wound, it would kill all the bactiria in the cut and help it heal faster. Modernly, this term is referred to as having such a hangover, you drink whatever you drank last night to help get rid off it. Urban Dictionary
Drinking alcoholic beverages the morning after a night of heavy drinking. This is supposed to help relieve the hangover but really has no positive effects. Urban Dictionary
A Scottish term for an alcoholic drink. Normally used the day after if you have a hangover. Another drink to help get over a hangover Urban Dictionary
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When you have reached your limit of congeniality and someone is asking for it. You go "Hair of the Dog" on them. Meaning that they are now messing with a "Son of a Bitch" Urban Dictionary
Any alcoholic beverage, the consumption of which is supposed to clear up one's hangover from previous drinking (but will tend to have the opposite effect in reality). Origins of the phrase date back to medieval times, when hairs from a biting dog were put in the bite wound in the belief that this promoted healing. Urban Dictionary
Alcoholic beverage drunk the morning after a bender as a hangover cure. Time for a twelve step program. Urban Dictionary
A drink of alcohol after a hard night of drinking. Urban Dictionary
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