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Double-duty words

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souse


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PRONUNCIATION:

(sous)

MEANING:

verb tr.:	1. To soak or steep.
	2. To pickle, cook in a marinade, etc.
	3. To make intoxicated.
noun:	1. Something or someone soaked.
	2. The liquid used in soaking.
	3. Food steeped in pickle; also such liquid.
	4. A drunkard.
	5. A period of heavy drinking.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old French souser (to pickle). Earliest documented use: verb: 1387, noun: 1391.

USAGE:

“The one named to be King was soused and drenched with laundry-water by his fellows until he could contrive to make one of his persecutors laugh.”
Kyril Bonfiglioli; All the Tea in China; Secker & Warburg; 1978.

“W.C. Fields wasn’t always a drunk. ... Only later when he became a comedian did Fields also become a souse.”
Mark Jacob; 10 Things You Might Not Know About: Drunkenness; Chicago Tribune; Oct 5, 2008.

See more usage examples of souse in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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