half-cut
Britishadjective
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partially severed or divided
half-cut citrus fruits lying around
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informal intoxicated with alcohol
he looks half-cut already
Example Sentences
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After she hits the piano keys decisively, she lets the notes sidle away, like a half-cut kitchen drinker sliding across the lino.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2019
Had their opponents landed their several kickable penalties, the anxiety around the half-cut stands would have turned into full-blown panic.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2015
He later rode team-mate Thomas Bjorn into the victory press conference like a half-cut shire horse.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2014
Had they blown this match, with that lead, against this opposition, one fears for what the half-cut locals might have done to their former darling Philippe Saint-Andre.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2014
Glancing aside, she met the Vicomte de Tocqueville's tired smile; he was using his cane to prod the butcher and recall his attention to the half-cut steak.
From The Westcotes by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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