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wassailer
Variant of wassail
noun
- a salutation formerly given in drinking the health of a person, as at a festivity
- the spiced ale or other liquor with which such healths were drunk
- a celebration with much drinking, esp. at Christmastime; carousal
intransitive verb
- to drink wassails
- Brit. to go caroling from house to house at Christmastime
transitive verb
to drink to the health or prosperity of
Related Forms:
- wassailer noun
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