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In The Story of Doctor Dolittle, the author writes,

But the Cat’s-meat-Man wasn’t very rich and he only got sick once a year—at Christmas-time, when he used to give the Doctor sixpence for a bottle of medicine.

Is the implication that the man gets drunk every Christmas and is given treatment for his hangover?

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    yes, that's the implication
    – verbose
    Nov 23, 2020 at 8:48

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I understand this as the Cats' Meat Man giving Dr Dolittle a Christmas present, disguised as a purchase of medicine that he doesn't need.

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