Meanings
nounheart starter (plural heart starters)
plural heart starters
- AustraliaAn alcoholic drink, especially one taken early in the day.
Drunken people did not make good witnesses […], disappearing for hours at a time down the pub for more heart-starters when they should have been sitting like solid citizens in the court room.
2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 155
Origin
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heart starter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20starter
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“heart starter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20starter. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heart starter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heart%20starter.
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