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hair of the dog

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the hair of the dog (that bit you)
an alcoholic drink that you drink to cure the pain in your head that was caused by drinking too much alcohol the night before. It was early in the morning and Catherine reached for her glass. 'Hair of the dog?' asked Lee with a smile.
See also: dog, hair
the hair of the dog (that bit you)
an alcoholic drink taken to make you feel better after drinking too much alcohol the night before. Paul offered me the hair of the dog, but I couldn't stand the thought of drinking any more.
Etymology: based on the idea that if you were bitten by a crazy dog, the injury would heal if hair from the dog were put on it
See also: dog, hair
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"A hair of the dog that bit him," he would say as he poured out the beer, carefully so that the foam should not make him wait too long to drink.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
the Mufti of Moosh; the hair of the dog that bit Noah, etc.
The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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