phlegm-cutter
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From phlegm + cutter; first use appears c. 1806.
Noun
[edit]phlegm-cutter (plural phlegm-cutters)
- (obsolete, slang) An alcoholic drink, especially one consumed before breakfast.
- 2022, Brian Penton, Landtakers: The Story of an Epoch:
- "If I'm good enough to talk about I be good enough to drink with," Peters shouted. "Fritz! Squarehead! Two phlegm-cutters here."