10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALF SEAS OVER»
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half seas over in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Songs and Verses Social and Scientific
Half. -Seas. Over. 37. Nor would I deeply drain the cup Till mortal made as Blasus
. But when you've swallowed just enough, You're like a cow in clover : How sweet
! how snug ! when generous stuff Has made us half-seas over ! You'll go just ...
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Songs and verses, social and scientific, by an old ...
But when you've swallowed just enough, You're like a cow in clover : How sweet !
how snug ! when generous stuff Has made us half-seas over ! You'll go just half -
seas over, boys, &c. If maid or widow you would win, And wear your wished-for ...
Charles Neaves (lord.), 1869
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
To be half-seas over (APP 168; ODEP 344; EAP 193; MP 281) 1843 all the chaps
in the room had got about half seas over. (p. 242) Slick, Jonathan [pseud. of Ann
S. Stephens]. High Life in New York. 1843. New York: Bunce and Brother, 1854 ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
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Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
H30 To be Half-seas over 1724 Mather Letters 397: Began with small cups . . .
and then call for large ones when they were half seas over. 1737 Franklin
Drinkers 2.177: He's Half Seas over. 1744 Hamilton Itinerarium 81: He was more
than ...
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
The first price we were offered for the house was a good one, but the next buyer
offered half as much again. half seas over/cut cakerqejf □ By the time he left the
bar he was half seas over, a Look at Frank half seas over already, and the party's
...
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
Ye're no turnin up hauf-scooped tae take me oot — Michael Munro, The Patter,
Another Blast, p 31, 1988 half-seas-over adjective half-drunk uk. noo • Hey,
what's up - are you feeling a half seas over shipmate?— Barry Humphries, Bazio
Pulls ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
... is relationship through only one parent half seas over, slang for “drunk” (1736),
was said to be from the notion of a ship heavy-laden and so low in the water that
small waves (half seas) wash over the deck; half seas over, “halfway across the ...
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Dictionary of Euphemisms
Although incapacity through ingesting alcohol or narcotics is often described by
the same euphemism, only with alcohol does the spurious halving occur. HALF-
SEAS OVER has a different etymology. half-deck a mentally disturbed person
The ...
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The Sovereignty of the Sea: An Historical Account of the ...
"Absolute" jurisdiction applied to the sea where both coasts belonged to England
; "respective " where it terminated half seas over. should tax foreigners for fishing
in the British seas and 104 THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SEA.
Thomas Wemyss Fulton, 1911
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
Half'sciiolar, n. s. Half'seas-over, Half'sighted, adj. Half'sphere, n. s. Half'strained,
adj. Half'sword, n.i. H alf'w ay, adj. kadv. Half'wit, n.s. PI. halves. Saxon healp.
Half signifies an exact moiety, one part of two, an equal part; it is used frequently
...
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington), 1839
9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HALF SEAS OVER»
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GRIMSBY BYGONES: Stepping back in time to 1875
... at end of story), jewellery prominent on different parts of their persons, and already at that early hour of the morning, almost half seas over. «Grimsby Telegraph, Mar 15»
The absurd history of English slang
There are the brimmer and the bumper, both full glasses, half seas over for drunk, the hair of the dog (that bit one) and the phrase drunk as ... «Salon, Oct 14»
Moody Brews Craft Beer Hits the Shelves
New to the Fayetteville area, Moody Brews beer hopes to become popular with its imperial IPA "Half Seas Over." The beer is named after ... «The Arkanas Traveller, Oct 14»
Dispatches from the road: Disney World
... beer label approved by the feds in Oklahoma today: It was an imperial IPA by Moody Brews called Half Seas Over. “Who is Moody Brews? «NewsOK.com, Jul 14»
WMC and MMW 2014: A 282-Party Guide
Presented by Un_Mute and Half Seas Over. 11 p.m. Friday, March 21, at Gavanna, 10 NE 40th St.., Miami; 305-573-1321; gavannamiami.com. «Miami New Times, Mar 14»
Improve your Brew IQ at the Darien Historical Society
... his rudder, got his top gallant sails out, he's half seas over, he carries too much sail or he's right before the wind with all his studding Sails out! «Darien Times, Mar 13»
The last great shipwreck remembered
HALF SEAS OVER ... the grounded ship drew sightseers. (Photograph courtesy of Richard Moore). Inset top, the crew were soaking wet and ... «Shields Gazette, Jan 13»
WMC 2012: Eight Best Electronic Dance Music Cruises
Half Seas Over Showcase. With Jay Haze, Inxec, Ray Okpara, and others, presented by Un_Mute and Aqua Elite Events. Saturday, March 17, 5 ... «Miami New Times, Mar 12»
Half Seas Over | Jeff Lang
Lang's set began with the first two songs off his new album, 'Half Seas Over.' Southern Highlands Daughter brought on the first mid-song cheer ... «Australian Stage Online, Jun 08»
