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Hangover   /hˈæŋˌoʊvər/   Listen
Hangover

noun
1.
Disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol).  Synonym: katzenjammer.
2.
An official who remains in office after his term.  Synonym: holdover.
3.
Something that has survived from the past.  Synonym: holdover.  "Hangovers from the 19th century"






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"Hangover" Quotes from Famous Books



... struck him as being funny: the shadowy self got drunk and had a good time, and the outer husk suffered the hangover in the morning. Strange. Strange how a device such as the telporter suit could cause the shadow of each bodily cell to leave the body, materialize, and become a reality in its own right. ...
— A Bottle of Old Wine • Richard O. Lewis

... characters in my book are friends of mine. Perhaps you had better substitute were for are. There was one woman mentioned in my original manuscript and my husband said what have you put her in for Pattie? (a corruption of Pettie, a H.moon hangover) she is no friend of yours: she knocks you. And I said loftily like, I want you to know Ijit (corruption of Idiot, also a H.moon hangover) I am above personalities she is prominent and besides she is fat especially ...
— Diet and Health - With Key to the Calories • Lulu Hunt Peters

... ridiculous to be flying the stars with a bad hangover, but Kieran had one. His head ached dully, he had an unpleasant metallic taste in his mouth, and his former ebullience had given way to a dull depression. He ...
— The Stars, My Brothers • Edmond Hamilton

... made an effort and got to his feet, shaking off Bassett's assisting arm. "For God's sake keep your hands off me," he said irritably. "I've got a hangover, ...
— The Breaking Point • Mary Roberts Rinehart

... through. When he found who we was—well, he gave us the town; he made us a present of Dawson and all points north, together with the lands, premises, privileges, and hereditaments appurtenant thereto. I still got a kind of a hangover headache and have to take ...
— The Winds of Chance • Rex Beach



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