TICKLE-BRAIN NOUN 1. one who supplies potent liquor; one who has an unsteady brain, as one intoxicated ...1598 obs. 2. potent liquor, a strong drink ...1639 obs. ETYMOLOGY from tickle + -brain FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1598 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Falstaff: Peace good pint-pot, peace good tickle-braine. Harrie, I doe not onelie maruaile where thou spendest thy time, but also how thou art accompanied...." From: The History of Henrie the Fourth - William Shakespeare
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