Meaning

1 senses
  1. (UK, archaic, slang)A communal session of drinking alcohol.

Origin

A punning allusion to shared drains for sewage. Compare drain (“a drink”).

A punning allusion to shared drains for sewage. Compare drain (“a drink”).

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Forms

plural: common sewers
Singularcommon sewer
Pluralcommon sewers

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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