corpse reviver

noun

Any of various strong cocktails supposed to cure a hangover.

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Meanings

nouncorpse reviver (plural corpse revivers)

plural corpse revivers · alternative corpse-reviver

  1. Any of various strong cocktails supposed to cure a hangover.

    The ghost of Mr. Woodhouse himself may stare and gasp at being told that this awful preparation, this culinary corpse-reviver, apparently suited only to chalcenterous persons or those at the point of death, is a very simple mutton broth with sippets in it.

    1889 November 9, The Saturday Review, London, page 538, column 1

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APA

corpse reviver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corpse%20reviver

MLA

“corpse reviver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corpse%20reviver. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corpse reviver,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corpse%20reviver.

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