brannigan

See also: Brannigan

English

Alternative forms
  • branigan

Etymology

Noun

brannigan (plural brannigans)

  1. binge, bender, booze-up (where alcohol is drunk)
    • 1977, Harry Allen Smith, The Life and Legend of Gene Fowler:
      In the last decade of his life he went for long stretches without touching booze. Then stresses and strains would build up inside him and he would embark on a brannigan.
  2. brawl, fight
    • 2005, Louis L'Amour, May There Be a Road: Stories:
      The second round was a brannigan from bell to bell. Both men went out for blood and both got it.
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