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Topic: FOOD

Date: 1800-1900
Language: English dialect
Origin: binge 'to make completely wet'

binge

1 noun
     
binge1 [countable]
informalDF a short period when you do too much of something, such as eating or drinking:
a drinking binge
a week-long binge of shopping
on a binge
Ken's gone on a binge with his mates.
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