[N]ow you see we are out on a frolic, a spree,—on an alcoholiday. See it?
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Alcoholiday
//ˌælkəˈhɒlɪdeɪ//
Synonyms for "alcoholiday"
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Translations
4 translations across 2 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- raitis jakso noun (period of time during which one intentionally abstains from drinking alcohol)
- ryyppyloma noun (holiday or leisure time spent drinking alcohol)
Macedonian
2 entries- алко́холен ден noun (holiday or leisure time spent drinking alcohol)
- тре́зен перио́д noun (period of time during which one intentionally abstains from drinking alcohol)
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Before the American adventure Oscar [Wilde] had dealt indulgently with Willie [Wilde]'s weakness: "Oh, he occasionally takes an alcoholiday." But when his life became one long alcoholiday his younger brother, who hated to see people dirty, drunken and disreputable, ceased to be indulgent. "He sponges on everyone but himself," was Oscar's caustic summary.
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In a short story that I have recently read, one of the characters, a "sport," speaks of the Christmas season as the alcoholidays.
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There will be loss of time and loss of work on this account, and instead of half-holidays there will, too often it is to be feared, be half-alco'''holidays.
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