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drinkie

noun
/ˈdɹɪŋki/

Etymology

From drink + -ie (diminutive suffix).

  1. derived from *dʰrenǵ-✻ — “to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp”
  2. inherited from *drinkaną✻ — “to drink”
  3. inherited from *drinkan✻
  4. inherited from drincan — “to drink, swallow up, engulf”
  5. inherited from drinken
  6. suffixed as drinkie — “drink + ie”

Definitions

  1. drink

    • A man shambled from between two buildings, holding out a bottle in his left hand. He kept his right hand close to his body. "Have a drinkie with me, girls!" he called. "Drinkie, drinkie!"

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for drinkie. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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