drunkery

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noun

Drunkenness.

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Meanings

noundrunkery (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountableDrunkenness.

    The State having the right to destroy the drunkery, the question for you, citizens of Iowa, to determine is would such action be right and just?

    quoted in 1887, John Bird Finch, The People Versus the Liquor Traffic (page 111)

Origin

From drunk + -ery.

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APA

drunkery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drunkery

MLA

“drunkery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drunkery. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drunkery,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drunkery.

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