tall drink of water
English
Etymology
A variant of the earlier long drink of water.
Noun
tall drink of water (plural tall drinks of water)
- (US, slang) Alternative form of long drink of water (“a tall person”).
- 1922, Gerald Mygatt, “The Young Man with No Brains”, Collier’s (July 8, 1922), p. 26:
- “I say, old man,” called the tall drink of water, as he loped up the steps, […]
- 1994 (quote set in 1947), The Shawshank Redemption:
- Red: That tall drink of water with the silver spoon up his ass.
- 1922, Gerald Mygatt, “The Young Man with No Brains”, Collier’s (July 8, 1922), p. 26:
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