Stop-tap

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stopcock.
  2. 2
    Last orders. Wales

    "It was almost stop-tap time when my name came up, and that was the excuse my friends had been waiting for to shower me with beer."

Example

More examples

"It was almost stop-tap time when my name came up, and that was the excuse my friends had been waiting for to shower me with beer."

Etymology

From stop + tap.

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