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booze-up

[booz-uhp]
–noun Chiefly British.
a drinking spree.

Origin:
1895–1900

booze

[booz] noun, verb, boozed, booz⋅ing. Informal.
–noun
1. any alcoholic beverage; whiskey.
2. a drinking bout or spree.
–verb (used without object)
3. to drink alcohol, esp. to excess: He continued to booze until his health finally gave out.
4. booze it up, to drink heavily and persistently.

Origin:
1610–20; resp. of bouse 2 , reflecting one of its pron. variants


boozer, noun
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