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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In French and German the state of being "half-seas over" or "three sheets in the wind," and the practice of "splicing the main-brace" are expressed by various land metaphors.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
Stop barking, you little dog Rover, Till Linda can get half-seas over.
From The Woman Who Dared by Epes Sargent
I never believed you got half-seas over, anyhow; but, to return to our muttons, why didn’t you hand down a few varieties of the Therium family to posterity?
From A House-Boat on the Styx by John Kendrick Bangs
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
"I thought thou wert there all along, being already half-seas over," said Cary.
From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Charles Kingsley
How we found the Dutch fleet at anchor on Friday half seas over, between Dunkirke and Ostend, and made them let slip their anchors.
From The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Richard Griffin, Baron Braybrooke
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
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
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
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