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Hair of the dog

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An alcoholic chaser reputed to relieve a hangover, usually needed the morning after imbibing too much alcohol.

There is no scientific evidence as to the efficacy of this time-honored treatment for a hangover.

The saying originated in the belief that a cure for hydrophobia (rabies) or any disease contracted from a dog bite consisted of taking a hair of the dog that bit you and placing it in the wound.

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