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tall drink of water en · NOUN

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Etymology

A variant of the earlier long drink of water.

Meanings

1. (US, alt-of, alternative, slang) Alternative form of long drink of water (“a tall person”).
   alt of long drink of water
   • That tall drink of water with the silver spoon up his ass. 1994 (set in 1947), The Shawshank Redemption, spoken by Red (Morgan Freeman):
   • “I say, old man,” called the tall drink of water, as he loped up the steps, […] 1922 July 8, Gerald Mygatt, “The Young Man with No Brains”, in Collier’s, page 26:

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