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dry
noun- an instance of an actor forgetting the lines UK, 1945
- — Gavin Holt, No Curtain for Cora, 1950
- a politician who espouses economic caution, especially a Conservative under the leadership of Margaret Thatcher UK, 1983
Coined as an antonym for WET
▶ on the dry
in a state of refraining from drinking any alcohol US- Jackie Gleason suffered fainting spells–and has gone “on the dry” for three months. — San Francisco Examinaer, p. 3 (II), 31 May 1957
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