subs. (common).—A drink; a GO (q.v.). Also MODEST QUENCHER.

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  1840.  DICKENS, The Old Curiosity Shop, xxxv. A MODEST QUENCHER.

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  1856.  T. HUGHES, Tom Brown’s School-days, I. i. We must really take a MODEST QUENCHER, for the down air is provocative of thirst.

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  1888.  Sporting Life, 7 Dec. Oh! the L.A.C. are jovial souls, They quaff the MODEST QUENCHER.

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  1901.  HUME NISBET, Children of Hermes, 62. Come below and have a QUENCHER.

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