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dry horrorsplural noun ( the dry horrors) Australian / NZ informalThe psychotic symptoms of withdrawal suffered by an alcoholic: he wakes up alone in a police cell with a bad case of the dry horrors...- Let's face it, being in a room full of socialists would tend to give you the dry horrors.
- Having got drunk again so soon without recovering from Saturday, I will shortly have what I call the dry horrors.
- Water is better for the dry horrors.
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