I have digged, and drunk water, and have dried up with the sole of my foot, all the rivers shut up in banks. Therefore hear this, thou poor little one, and thou that art drunk but not with wine. The horse, whose health had been drunk in his absence, was standing outside, ready harnessed to the cart. Scottish, Australian informal full. North American, Australian, New Zealand informal shickered , shot. Australian, New Zealand informal grogged up , as full as a goog, inked. New Zealand informal munted.
Originally, it meant someone who had too much grog , which is a strong usually rum-based drink. Interestingly, the word grog also comes from Old Grog , the nickname of a British Admiral who in , alluding to the grogram cloak he wore ordered a mix of rum, water, lemon, sugar, and spices to be served to his sailors instead of pure spirits.
The word is either a portmanteau of pixie and titillated or an adaptation of pixie-led. In the s, getting pixilated basically meant turning into a happy, fun drunk.
A barfly is a person who frequents bars, but you probably guessed that one. The word comes from , and it is still widely-used today. Once they do get out, they somehow find their way back in again. To souse something is to plunge it into water or another liquid. It means to drench something or steep it in pickling brine.
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