Punch
Punch — the convivial drink, or the blow of a fist — often touches preferring selfish pleasure to honour, or quarrels and recriminations. The dream may ask where indulgence or aggression is pulling you from your better self, and whether you're trading easy gratification, or blows, for something that diminishes everyone.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for punch, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To dream of drinking the concoction called punch, denotes that you will prefer selfish pleasures to honorable distinction and morality.
To dream that you are punching any person with a club or fist, denotes quarrels and recriminations.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream of making this beverage, or of drinking it, is a sign of poverty or disgrace; if a girl dreams that her lover treats her to punch, she had better discard him at once, as he will undoubtedly turn out to be a poor and shiftless fellow.