hair of the dog

hair of the dog
   a morning drink of an intoxicant
   Usually after too many the previous evening, the effects of which it is supposed to alleviate.
   A shortened form of hair of the dog that bit you.
   In America a horn of the ox (that gored you) means the same thing:
    Do you feel like swilling the hair of the dog with me? (D. Francis, 1978)
    ... three guys bellying up to the bar in an adjoining room, starting their day with a horn of the ox that gored them. (Sanders, 1979)

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  • hair of the dog — noun an alcoholic drink supposed to cure a hangover • Hypernyms: ↑drink * * * phrasal : a small amount of the cause of an ill used as a remedy for it; specifically : a drink of liquor the morning after a drinking bout I d fetched a bottle a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • hair of the dog — informal an alcoholic drink taken to cure a hangover. [from hair of the dog that bit you, formerly recommended as an effective remedy for the bite of a mad dog.] → hair …   English new terms dictionary

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