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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Drinking \Drink"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who drinks; the act of imbibing.
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2. The practice of partaking to excess of intoxicating
liquors.
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3. An entertainment with liquors; a carousal.
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Note: Drinking is used adjectively, or as the first part of a
compound; as, a drinking song, drinking cup, drinking
glass, drinking house, etc.
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{Drinking horn}, a drinking vessel made of a horn.
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