brannigann.
/ˈbranɪɡən/ North American slang.
1. A state of intoxication; hence, a drinking bout; a spree or ‘binge’. Also transferred. Now rare.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > drunkenness
drunkennessc893
drunkenc950
drunknessc1160
drunkenheada1300
drunkhead1340
drunkelewnessa1387
winedrunkennessa1387
drunkship1393
drunkelewc1430
vinolence1430
yverescec1430
drunkenshipc1440
drunkelecc1450
barley-hooda1529
ebriety1582
alecy1594
distemper1600
insobriety1611
disguisea1616
perpotation1623
temulency1623
vinolency1623
intoxication1624
pot-shot1630
ebriosity1646
inebriation1646
Bacchation1656
fluster1710
temulentness1727
fuddle1764
inebriety1801
temulence1803
Lushington1823
fluffiness1860
booziness1863
jag1891
brannigan1892
befuddlement1905
mokus1924
muzzy-headedness1930
pixilation1936
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > drinking-bout
cups1406
drinking?1518
banquet1535
Bacchanal1536
pot-revel1577
compotation1593
rouse1604
Bacchanalia1633
potmealc1639
bout1670
drinking-bout1673
carouse1690
carousal1765
drunk1779
bouse1786
toot1790
set-to1808
spree1811
fuddlea1813
screed1815
bust1834
lush1841
bender1846
bat1848
buster1848
burst1849
soak1851
binge1854
bumming1860
bust-out1861
bum1863
booze1864
drink1865
ran-tan1866
cupping1868
crawl1877
hellbender1877
break-away1885
periodical1886
jag1894
booze-up1897
slopping-up1899
souse1903
pub crawl1915
blind1917
beer-up1919
periodic1920
scoot1924
brannigan1927
rumba1934
boozeroo1943
sesh1943
session1943
piss-up1950
pink-eye1958
binge drinking1964
the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time > spell of some action
whilec1175
stint1533
crash1549
fleech1589
spell1707
return1763
run1864
fling period1885
go-round1911
jag1913
brannigan1928
1892 W. Norr Stories of Chinatown 31 The boxer was carrying..what in Pell street parlance is termed a ‘brannigan’, a condition produced by two gallons of mixed ale to one quart of whiskey.
1903 G. Ade People you Know 210 By the time the Birds came along he had accumulated a very neat Brannigan.
1918 Ade in Cosmopolitan July 102/2 Emerson truly says in his Essay on Compensation that those who would enjoy the wolfish Satisfaction of shoveling it in each Morning must forego the simple Delights of acquiring a Brannigan the Night before.
1927 E. Wilson Amer. Earthquake (1958) 91 One hears nowadays less often of people going on sprees, toots, tears, jags, bats, brannigans or benders. All these terms suggest, not merely extreme drunkenness, but also an exceptional occurrence, a breaking away by the drinker from the conditions of his normal life.
1928 Amer. Mercury May 100/1 He may seek escape by going on prolonged..crossword puzzle brannigans.
1940 H. L. Mencken Happy Days 270 In the intervals of his washing and polishing Jim took out rigs to the homes of clients of the stable, and thereby sometimes acquired quiet brannigans, for it was the custom to reward him, not with money, but with drinks.
1978 H. Berry Make Kaiser Dance 312 Oh but we had a Branigan that night! So the next morning my mouth felt like the inside of a motorman's glove, and my gut wasn't any better.
2. A brawl or fracas; a violent argument.
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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > noisy or angry quarrel > instance of
ganglinga1387
altercation1410
brawla1500
heat1549
wranglea1555
brabble1566
paroxysm1578
wrangling1580
brangle1600
branglement1617
rixation1623
row1746
skimmington1753
mêlée1765
breeze1785
squeal1788
hash1789
rook1808
blow-up1809
blowout1825
scena1826
reerie1832
catfight1854
barney1855
wigs on the green1856
bull and cow1859
scrap1890
slanging match1896
snap1897
up-and-downer1927
brannigan1941
rhubarb1941
bitch fight1949
punch-up1958
shout-up1965
shouting match1970
1941 Amer. Speech 16 70 On a brannigan (I have seen this word used as meaning in a fight).
1955 Star Weekly (Toronto) 16 July ii. 12/2 It hadn't exactly been a brawl to rank with the most homeric barroom brannigans in which Simon had ever participated.
1983 Data Communications Nov. 16 (heading) Another CATV/BOC brannigan.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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