half-seas over
adjective
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half-seas over
American
[haf-seez, hahf-]
/ ˈhæfˌsiz, ˈhɑf- /
adjective
Slang.
half seas over
British
adjective
Etymology
Origin of half-seas over
First recorded in 1545–55
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Oh, by Jove, it's quite true!" said the irreverent Saxon; "you used to tell me about it every night when you were half-seas over at Shrewsbury.
From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various
That last morning at prayers Godefroy, who was half-seas over, must yelp out a loud "Amen" in the wrong place.
From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
He who would many an evil shun Will find my plan the best-- To trim the sail as shifts the gale, And half-seas over rest.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
It was plain that she was more than half-seas over towards faith in the girl, and quite ready to take her up and exhibit her among her friends.
From The Tyranny of the Dark by Hamlin Garland
Stop barking, you little dog Rover, Till Linda can get half-seas over.
From The Woman Who Dared by Epes Sargent
Couture, I could live happily in a garret with a man like that.—There, now!" she added, looking round for the old vermicelli maker, "there is that Father Goriot half seas over.
From Father Goriot by Ellen Marriage
A profane mind might make a jest of an Apostle "half seas over," and ridicule an apostolic gatekeeper who could not keep his head above water.
From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Charles Bradlaugh
But if I sail the world around, I'll be a faithful rover, She.—Poh! you'll forget me I'll be bound When you are half seas over.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 285, December 1, 1827 by Various
Temperance soon grew scandalized, and Modesty herself coloured at some of the jokes; but Hospitality, who was now half seas over, called the one a milksop, and swore at the other as a prude.
From The Pilgrims of the Rhine by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
I must do Captain Marbles the credit to say that he was never half seas over; but on the other hand he was always in a bad temper.
From Seven Frozen Sailors by George Manville Fenn
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