hooker ((2))

[ < Brit.dial. "large amount"]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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— Slang

a drink of liquor, especially a generous one.

Quotations

1887

We went in and were served out with a pretty stiff hooker each. . . .

1910

"I'd give up my diamonds for a hooker of whisky. . . ."

1954

Danny was quiet enough until he got about six hookers under his belt.