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Horlicks: tags: [britain] [drink]

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Definition:

1. (chiefly Britain) a malted milk hot bedtime drink
2. (euphemistic, chiefly Britain, slang) bollocks – a muddle, hash or balls-up

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Hyacinth: I'm surprised at daddy getting involved emotionally. She must have slipped something into his drink - their women do.

Richard: Who's women?

Hyacince: The sort of women who get mixed up with the boys from the Foreign Legion. It happened to Gary Cooper, the girl who worked in a bar - they're usually called "Fifi" [...] She could have easily adulterated daddy's Horlicks.

BBC. Keeping Up Appearances: The Art Exhibition (1992)

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Keeping Up Appearances vocabulary

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Horlicks

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