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half-seas over
[ haf-seez, hahf- ]
half seas over
adjective
- informal.drunk
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Word History and Origins
Origin of half-seas over1
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Example Sentences
Garibaldi replied that he had already been half-seas over, but would not object to another cruise.
He said he had traveled half-seas over, "on his face," and would now travel the other half on a vessel.
He's safe enough, I have fairly entered him, and he's more than half seas over already.
T wa'n't none o' yer sober perfumes nuther, but kind o' half-seas-over all the time, an' pooty consid'able in the wind.
He noticed some of the men were half seas over and all were jolly.
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