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booze-up

[ booz-uhp ]
/ ˈbuzˌʌp /
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noun Chiefly British.
a drinking spree.
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Origin of booze-up

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby booze-up

booze cruise, boozed-up, booze hag, boozehound, boozer, booze-up, boozy, bop, bo-peep, Bophuthatswana, Bopp
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How to use booze-up in a sentence

  • Do you go down-stairs and tell them that I am sleeping off my booze up here.

    Out of a Labyrinth|Lawrence L. Lynch

British Dictionary definitions for booze-up

booze-up
noun
British, Australian and NZ slang a drinking spree
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