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hair of the dog that bit you |
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A remedy that contains a small amount of whatever caused the ailment: When Anne had a bad hangover, Paul offered her a Bloody Mary and said, Have a little of the hair of the dog that bit you. | 1 |
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| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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