blind staggers
Americannoun
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Informal. a condition of staggering staggering and dizziness, especially as the result of drunkenness.
noun
Etymology
Origin of blind staggers
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
Example Sentences
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Like Evelyn Waugh, the author believes that fate has the blind staggers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Expert equine advices took blind staggers during the week.
From Time Magazine Archive
A vaccine against this disease, which is also called equine encephalomyelitis and blind staggers, is made from the brains of infected horses.
From Time Magazine Archive
I kept picturing in my mind mad dogs and mad wolves reeling about with the blind staggers, drooling slobbers and snapping and biting at everything in sight.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
I remember they once said I tried to work a horse which had the blind staggers, and Mrs. Godbold was that aggravated she went and washed a shirt of mine twice over, worrying herself.
From Plashers Mead A Novel by Compton MacKenzie
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