blind staggers

American  

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. stagger.

2. Informal.  a condition of staggering staggering and dizziness, especially as the result of drunkenness.

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blind staggers British  

noun

1. (functioning as singular) vet science another name for staggers

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Etymology

Origin of blind staggers

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Example Sentences

A virulent disease resembling blind staggers has appeared among the horses of Oregon, and a large number of valuable animals have succumbed to it.

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I got up to go; but when I rose, I reeled about like a cow with the blind staggers, or a fellow who had taken too many "horns."

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I should think that such hosses as he furnished would be a vain thing for safety, for nigh about the hull of 'em was spavined, or ring-boned, or foundered, or had the blind staggers.

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A correspondent of the Albany Cultivator asserts, that ½ a pint of melted lard poured down the throat, will cure blind staggers in ten minutes.

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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.

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