brannigan

See also: Brannigan

English

Alternative forms

• branigan

Etymology

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Noun

brannigan (plural brannigans)

1. binge, bender, booze-up (where alcohol is drunk)
   • 1977, Harry Allen Smith, The Life and Legend of Gene Fowler:

     In the last decade of his life he went for long stretches without touching booze. Then stresses and strains would build up inside him and he would embark on a brannigan.

2. brawl, fight
   • 2005, Louis L'Amour, May There Be a Road: Stories:

     The second round was a brannigan from bell to bell. Both men went out for blood and both got it.