What does "half-cut" mean?

Alternative form of half cut (“drunk”).

Half-cut

Common synonyms include: a sheet in the wind, a sheet in the wind's eye, adrian quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms.

adj

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Adjective

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Alternative form of half cut (“drunk”). alt-of, alternative
"Tommy wandered in, calm as you like, a full hour late, reeking of booze. He'd forgotten to put his clock forward, and was clearly still half-cut."

"Tommy wandered in, calm as you like, a full hour late, reeking of booze. He'd forgotten to put his clock forward, and was clearly still half-cut."

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