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Top-heavy with drink

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Adjective
  1. 1
    drunk idiomatic, rare

    "To have a brick in one’s hat, verb. phr. (American).—To be top-heavy with drink. For synonyms, see Drinks and Screwed."

Etymology

US, late 19th century. Due to staggering walk when drunk; compare brick in one's hat.

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