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dry adjective- of a heavy drinker or alcoholic, doing without alcohol, not drinking, nor under the influence of alcohol UK
- I’d been dry for a whole month, which had been a huge effort for me ’cos I love me pint[.] — Ben Elton, High Society, p. 12, 2002
- without money US, 1942
- — The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, p. 124, May 1950
- — Albert H. Morehead, The Complete Guide to Winning Poker, p. 262, 1967
- The guys inside the counting room were all slipped in there to skim the joint dry. — Casino, 1995
- uninteresting, unamusing UK
- A bad joke might be described as “dry”. — news.bbc.co.uk, 10 June 2005: A lexicon of teen speak
- — Lucy van Amerongen, The A-Z of Teen Talk, 2007
- said of a doll fetishist who uses the doll for masturbation but is not emotionally attached to the doll US
- What’s the “dry” and “wet” terms about? So weird and lame. — The Great One, peanutstory.wordpress.com, 20 May 2008: Dutch wives V.S. Resin Dolls
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