Nightcap
Nightcap noun - An alcoholic drink taken at bedtime; often alcoholic.
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Shot
Shot noun - A directed propelling of a missile by a firearm or artillery piece.
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One version penned by James Thurber, averts it, where Red wasn't fooled at all because, quote, "Even in a nightcap a wolf looks about as much like your grandmother as the Metro Goldwyn Mayer lion looks like Calvin Coolidge." So she pulled a revolver out of her picnic basket and shot the wolf dead.
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