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Half seas over

adj, slang

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  1. 1
    Slightly drunk, or, possibly in meiosis, very drunk. dated, not-comparable, slang

    "Many of my readers will recollect the memorable night, on which William Pitt and his ingenious friend and jovial compotator, Harry Dundas, went into the House of Commons, in a condition usually described by the phrase "of being half seas over.""

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