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barrel fever
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English
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Etymology
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Alcoholic drink is often stored in barrels.
Noun
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barrel
fever
(
uncountable
)
(
dated
)
intoxication
or
illness
from
intemperance
in
drink
References
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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
,
E. Cobham Brewer
, 1898