slewed

/ (sluːd) /

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adjective

(postpositive) British slang intoxicated; drunk

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In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

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Word Origin for slewed

C19: from slew ²

Words nearby slewed

Sleswick, sleuth, sleuthhound, S level, slew, slewed, slew rate, sley, Slezsko, SLIC, slice

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How to use slewed in a sentence

The fire seems to have reached the fuselage from the right engine only after the airplane slewed around on the ground.
San Francisco Airplane Crash Landing: What Happened?|Clive Irving|July 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The girl watched the penguins going at the double with heads slewed round as though fearful of their tails.
The Beach of Dreams|H. De Vere Stacpoole
The man was clumping slowly along in his rubber boots; an old cap was slewed awry on his head, its peak drawn down over one ear.
Blow The Man Down|Holman Day
Then the wind slewed the sledge, the runners struck an irregularity in the surface and the whole capsized.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson

Now she mout say ergin dat I hed orter slewed across fust und den slewed back und fotched de munny.
The Broken Sword|Dennison Worthington
A few minutes afterward, the Warrior fired her starboard battery's big guns, and then we slewed round and fired the port guns.
The Heroic Record of the British Navy|Archibald Hurd

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