noun

Brannigan

noun

A drinking spree or bout of heavy drinking.

"They went on a brannigan the night before the wedding."

A noisy quarrel or brawl.

"A brannigan broke out at the back of the pub."

How to Use Brannigan

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishAn old-fashioned informal word for a heavy drinking session or a rowdy fight.

When to use it

Dated and informal; rarely used in everyday modern speech.

Brannigans plural, brannigans plural

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From the Irish surname Ó Branagáin, itself derived from bran ("raven") — the word drifted from a personal name into slang for a drunken spree.

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