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Steamboats

adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Drunk; intoxicated. Ireland, UK, not-comparable, slang

    "Joe and The Tongue especially are absolutely steamboats by the time we reach the Niccy, and the 'bouncers' – furtive damp chemistry teachers on an ego trip – turn us all sneeringly away in their clean-spitting accents:"

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of steamboat form-of, plural

Etymology

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Steamboat Willie, rhyming slang for silly, or perhaps from a stereotype of steamboat passengers getting drunk.

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Steamboat Willie, rhyming slang for silly, or perhaps from a stereotype of steamboat passengers getting drunk.

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