Other cultural meanings attached to ' alcohol use ' were that alcohol is a medicine, anightcapor part of social intercourse.
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You are putting them in this position, that when their day's work is done they are unable to have theirnightcap.
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His engraved portrait exhibits a worn face, and depicts him innightcap, ruff, and full beard.
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He also wears a wig with long hair, partly covered by a white woolnightcapending in a tassel.
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Thatnightcapis nowadays preserved in the municipal archives and a monument now stands on his tomb.
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The nightshirt version can include a matchingnightcap.
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The regularly scheduled game took place at 1:35 p.m., and anightcapat 7 p.m.
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Candido enters, still dressed in the carpet andnightcap.
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He pitched the ninth inning in both games, earning his third save of the year in thenightcap.
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The afternoon game attracted 4,619 fans, while thenightcapattracted 7,129 fans.
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Like the garment keeping the wearer's head warm, the high alcohol content of thenightcapbeverage has a perceived similar effect.
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Runnels has three more hits in thenightcapvictory, 32 in 10 innings.
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Through the 19th century nightcaps were often used by surgeons to secure bandages applied to wounds of the head.
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The origin of the wordnightcapis not fully known, but there are two theories.
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Philly takes thenightcap, 2-1.
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