Soak

Definitions

1. An immersion in water etc.
2. A drunkard.
   British, slang
3. A carouse; a drinking session.
   slang
4. A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
   Australia

Equivalents

Examples

“After the strenuous climb⟳, I had a nice long soak⟳ in a bath.”

“wildlife tourism has turned Knepp into a successful business that employs more people than it did when it was a farm. Springtime overnighters snuggling down in a luxury treehouse after a soak⟳ in the open-air, wood-fired Swedish Hikki bathtub may hear⟳ nightingales serenading their consorts”

“I set⟳ off early to walk⟳ along the Melbourne Road where, one of the punters had told me, there was a soak⟳ with plenty of frogs in it.”

“Molly and Daisy finished their breakfast and decided to take⟳ all their dirty clothes and wash⟳ them in the soak⟳ further down the river.”

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