Quencher

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Something that quenches (thirst, fire, etc.)

    "[I]t is a terrible long and slippery descent, and a shocking bad road. At the bottom, however, there is a pleasant public; whereat we must really take a modest quencher, for the down air is provocative of thirst."

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"What's your favorite thirst quencher?"

Etymology

From Middle English quenchere, equivalent to quench + -er.

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