Definition of "hangover" []

• Unpleasant physical effects following the heavy use of alcohol. (noun)
• A letdown, as after a period of excitement. (noun)
• A vestige; a holdover: hangovers from prewar legislation. (noun)

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• "The Breeze could smoke all night, polish off a bottle of tequila, maintain well enough to drive the forty miles back to Pine Cove without arousing the suspicion of a single cop, and be on the beach by nine the next morning acting as if the term hangover were too abstract to be con-sidered."
• "The Breeze could smoke all night, polish off a bottle of tequila, maintain well enough to drive the forty miles back to Pine Cove without arousing the suspicion of a single cop, and be on the beach by nine the next morning acting as if the term hangover were too abstract to be considered."
• "The term hangover was originally a 19th century expression describing unfinished business-something left over from a meeting-or 'survival.'"