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English
Pronunciation
Noun
boozing (countable and uncountable, plural boozings)
- (colloquial) The act of drinking alcohol heavily.
1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 85:"So kindly keep the vainglorious enumeration of your pots for the benefit of those village idiots who compose your particular set of boozing companions."
1989, Bill Kauffman, Every Man a King, page 220:Men, bearded, hirsute, sat dolefully at the bar, eyes translucent from diurnal boozings.
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Verb
boozing
- present participle and gerund of booze