phlegm-cutter

noun

An alcoholic drink, especially one consumed before breakfast.

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Meanings

nounphlegm-cutter (plural phlegm-cutters)

plural phlegm-cutters

  1. obsoleteslangAn alcoholic drink, especially one consumed before breakfast.

    "If I'm good enough to talk about I be good enough to drink with," Peters shouted. "Fritz! Squarehead! Two phlegm-cutters here."

    2022, Brian Penton, Landtakers: The Story of an Epoch

Origin

From phlegm + cutter; first use appears c. 1806.

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APA

phlegm-cutter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phlegm-cutter

MLA

“phlegm-cutter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phlegm-cutter. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phlegm-cutter,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phlegm-cutter.

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