drown night

n. a event offering unlimited alcoholic drinks for a set fee; an all-you-can-drink happy hour. Also drink and drown night. Subjects: English, Food & Drink

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Citations: 1974 Chronicle-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) (Dec. 26) “Big Dick Raps” (in advert.) p. H-3: On Sunday my deal is draft beer drink and drown night. My prices are the best in town. 1975 Chronicle-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) (Feb. 14) “Big Dick Raps” (in advert.) p. 22: Every Sun. my special no rip off deal is 22¢ drink & drown night. 1976 Color Country Spectrum (Saint George, Utah) (Dec. 18) (in advert.) p. 3: Thursday Night Drink or Drown Night. 1 Price Covers It All: *Admission * Disco Dancing. All Draft Beer or Mix you can Drink. 1985 Leo C. Wolinsky Los Angeles Times (Mar. 7) “Part of Crackdown on Drunk Driving Measure Takes Sober Aim at ‘Happy Hours’” p. 3: They were motivated to act, they said, in part by the kinds of promotions offered by some bars. Among those, Russell said, was a “drink and drown” night staged by one tavern and another that advertised its happy hour with the slogan, “Come in a car, leave in a coma.” 1989 Ellen Miller @ Woodland Park, Colo. (AP) (Oct. 10) “Flash Cadillac Still Majors in Fun”: Tulagi’s, a saloon of some note in those years, initially booked Flash Cadillac for a “drown night,” allowing students to drink unlimited amounts of beer for $1.75. 2001 Barbara Allen Tulsa World (Okla.) (Jan. 28) “Are you ready for some football?” p. 1: The post-game show will feature karaoke and a drown night—$7 for all you can drink. 2005 KAUZ-TV (Wichita Falls, Texas) (May 9) “Oklahoma Senate to vote to ban so-called “drown nights””: A bill to ban so-called “drown nights” at beer bars is up for final approval this afternoon in the state Senate. The bill would stop promotions when unlimited amounts of beer are sold at a flat rate.

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