English

Noun

pick-me-up ‎(plural pick-me-ups)

1. a drink, especially an alcoholic one, taken as a stimulant or sometimes as a hangover cure; a restorative, tonic or bracer
   • 1977, Stephen King, The Shining, chapter 5

     God, he needed a drink. Just a little pick-me-up to put things in their true perspective—

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See also

• hair of the dog